coldwarvet202
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i have done some more experimenting with my tap-o-cap. i got some kilgore american made caps on the internet (google roll caps.) their explosive spot is about 4x larger than the chinese super bang caps i started with and they bang almost like the factory made percussion caps rather than snap like the chinese ones. i put one american cap in the cup red side first, then a second cap with the explosive side out. with real black powder (Swiss) this combination will "turn the corner" on a .50 caliber muzzleloader and give you a good ignition. it did not work with Clean Shot powder substitute 2ff in the .50 caliber however. the chinese caps would not fire the .50 caliber either. lastly i tried the american caps on a revolver using Clean Shot 2ff and it fired fine. Moral of the story: buy american caps as they work so much better in more applications.