I use musket caps and have promoted them over #10 & 11's for years. I have to confess that i was wrong.
The modern day musket caps(the ones i use) have a paper wad holding the explosive compound in the cap.
I tried to puff a cleaning patch out of my barrel, and the cap wouldn't hardly move it. Thinking i had a clogged nipple/flame channel i cleaned and tried again this time with the patch slightly protruding from the muzzle. Again the musket cap failed to push the patch out.
Now I take a dremmel and carefully bore a small hole in the paper wad in the cap and the patch now is puffed out of the barrel, mind you just out of the barrel.
Now i don't have a rifle with #11 nipple, but my C&B revolver with #11 will blow that patch 4 feet into the air.
The musket caps i have been using are Navy 2000's and RWS.
I have an old 1865 breach loader that uses musket caps so changing that to 11's is out of the question.
The modern day musket caps(the ones i use) have a paper wad holding the explosive compound in the cap.
I tried to puff a cleaning patch out of my barrel, and the cap wouldn't hardly move it. Thinking i had a clogged nipple/flame channel i cleaned and tried again this time with the patch slightly protruding from the muzzle. Again the musket cap failed to push the patch out.
Now I take a dremmel and carefully bore a small hole in the paper wad in the cap and the patch now is puffed out of the barrel, mind you just out of the barrel.
Now i don't have a rifle with #11 nipple, but my C&B revolver with #11 will blow that patch 4 feet into the air.
The musket caps i have been using are Navy 2000's and RWS.
I have an old 1865 breach loader that uses musket caps so changing that to 11's is out of the question.