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Posted by fred on 5/2/2009, 7:13 pm, in reply to "Re: How to make caps for muzzleloaders"
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for defense or protection there are alot more things you can do with a pound of powder than send 1 (one) projectile downrange with enough smoke left behind to pinpoint your position.
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: The tap-o-cap mentioned by Bob L above uses
: aluminum from a pop can Daan. Something like
: a pliers type leather punch, with a cup on
: one side and a rod on the other to form the
: cap. A guy could fab a cup with steel bar
: and drill bit, then use a Punch to push the
: aluminum into the hole.
: I don't think I'd use wax to seal the
: compound in place, it would/could plug the
: nipple. Perhaps an oversize piece of
: newspaper pushed over the top??
: Don't forget the old "match lock"
: style, a smoldering rope lowered into the
: touch hole or nipple hole.
: I still think in an apocoliptic scenario
: I'd move to Bow and or snare and a club for
: food.
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: I have never tried it but it would not be
: impossible.
: Several compositions come to mind, the
: simplest of which will probably the crushed
: match head mixed with a bit of the
: composition on the side of the box that is
: used to ignite the match when scraped over
: it, or, just using "non"safety
: matches (the type that you scrape over your
: boot sole).
: Otherwise any of the potasium chlorate
: sulphur and charcoal mixtures can be used as
: it is sensitive enough for the purpose.
: The most difficult part would be obtaining
: thin enough copper sheet and stamping it in
: the correct shape.
: Then it would only need to put some of the
: pyrotechnic compound in the cap and sealing
: it off with a hard wax.
: Experimenting would bring one to the best
: composition and method of fixing it in the
: cap that would be safe but still sensitive
: enough.
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: Is it possible to make caps for
: muzzleloaders?
: I have been reading a flint may make the
: best survival gun [worst case senerio] and
: really would rather make a cap lock gun but
: finding caps in that sittuation may be too
: difficult, so can you make caps ? How ?
:
: Thanks
: Bill
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