Capper

[iloco]

What kind of Capper do you use for capping your percussion rifles....?

[sqrldog]

Been using the same Ted Cash capper since the early eighties.

[Standing Bear]

X2 been 30+ years for me too.   Just bought a Ted Cash last year to use on the Old Army.

[Gun_Nut_73]

Ted Cash's cappers are hard to beat.  Doesn't matter to me if it is line, egg, or spiral shape.

[iloco]

Thanks guys.  I am going to order me one of the Cash cappers. Proably the egg shape one.  Will be used on a Hawken rifle.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Here's the cappers I like for my rifles and pistols.  I have three of the Cash cappers and they do work very well for the cap and ball revolver...about the only thing that does.  But the leather disc is better for me, for my rifles and single shot pistols.
I started with a piece of saddle skirting a little thicker than the height of the cap.  I drew the circle with a pair of compasses, and cut it out.  then I nailed the disc to a board on my drill press table and set up a #19 drill bit to pass through the leather just in from the edge of the disc.  I drilled holes around the circumference of the disc until I met with the first hole...23 holes.  I used a sharp knife and cut through the remaining leather to the outside, so the cap can be pulled away easily.  Then I glued a thinned disc of leather to the back with contact glue, and sewed the two together with dental floss (it's all I had at the time).  I punched out the centre hole and passed a thong through the hole.  The disc hangs from my bag caps down, so they don't get wet, and I put it into the bag when hunting.  The dark one is about 35 years old and still holds caps firmly.  To use, pull the hammer to half cock, place the capper over the nipple and pull straight away.  The cap stays on the nipple.  The lighter one is fairly new and is for musket caps.

[iloco]

D. Taylor Sapergia I like what you have done. When it warms enough to get into my shop I will make me one like yours.  Thanks for showing.

[okieboy]

 Very elegant D. Taylor.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Thank you.  I can attest to the simplicity and function of these little cappers.  I use the smaller of the two with CCI #11's when hunting and on the trail, and it is fast, efficient, and secure.

[bigsmoke]

I use the Ted Cash Pistol (Universal) capper.  I guess mine was one of his first of that style.  Forget how long ago it was that I got it, but I am sure it's old enough to drink by now.  I've never really had any problems with it to speak of, but ever once in a while, a cap will flip over onto its side.  No big deal, though.  I like the fact that you can dump a whole can of caps into it.

[JoeG]

I have made quite a few of those leather cappers ,they work great and are a good use os leather scraps. you can make them in all kinds of shapes

[Hungry Horse]

Taylor, that is exactly what I use. I have a drawer full of this mechanical cappers, and haven't found one that works as well as the leather ones. The only thing I use the mechanical cappers for is my cap and ball revolvers.

           Hungry Horse

[longcruise]

I use an inline (no, not that kind!) on revolvers and the leather type that Taylor illustrated on everything else.  I too use a drill press by rather than a drill, use a leather punch in the chuck with the press used for leverage.  The drill IS NOT TURNED ON!  NOT EVEN PLUGGED IN.

[iloco]

I made me a leather capper today.  It works great. Thanks D. Taylor Sapergia.

[smallpatch]

What are "caps" for???
I heard they're some new tangled invention, that will most likely NEVER last!

[wet willy]

I've used the brass in-line, oval, and egg-shape versions. All work OK providing you shake them to assure the next cap comes into place. For hunting, I've worn one on a necklace, tucked into my shirt. The brass inline works best for me.

I suspect these brass versions are 20th century devices. Perhaps others on the Forum can comment on how caps were carried in the 1800's.