German Made Vrs Navy Arms

[FriendlyFire104]

Which do you prefer and why. German made caps seem to jam up my gun more. I tried and got nothing.

[FriendlyFire104]

typo: "I tried the search and got nothing."

[poncho]

I've always used the German ones and have fared very well. Are the navy arms caps the infamous 6 wing caps that are always referred to as not acceptable on some event guidlines?

[Andrew Jarvi]

The caps that are banned are the CCI caps, they are six wing, meant for a recessed nipple whereas the navy and German are meant for what we are using.

Andrew Jarvi
Capt. 5th USCT

[Csayankee]

I voted, then decided to look at my cap pouch to see. I have about three different makers. I usually use which ever I can get my hands on. If I buy them at an event if someone as them they are navy arms. Local store CCI or German. I have heard the CCI sin winged caps were breaking off and causing injury. I would say that the majority of the caps I have used were the CCI and never had any trohble at all. Of course were not talking about the authenticity either of the caps, just makers.

[Curt Schmidt]

Hallo Kameraden!

Man und boy, I have been using exclusively "German" caps since Day One, for "reenacting" and "live fire," in a total of over two dozen original, Italian repro, and custom built revolvers, carbines, rifles, and rifle-muskets over the years.
And use nothing else.

Do I like them?
Nein. I would prefer a period copper cap. ;-) (And use left-over from the Centennial copper caps for talks and presentations.)

Curt-Heinrich Schmidt
Not Fond of .50-70 CF Spencer brass or .45 LC Henry brass, or .45-70, or .44-40 WCF brass, or .38 Colt brass Either Mess

[billmatt04]

I have never had a problem with the German-made caps since I started reenacting four years ago. Plus, I like the German cap cans better than the Navy Arms cans because they are much easier to open (admittidly, I am a wuss ). One interesting rumor I heard lately around the campfire was that Navy Arms was soon going to halt production on their percussion caps. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?

Sincerely,
Matthew Cassady
104th Illinois Vol. Inf.

[SouthernRifle]

I use the German caps and have not had a problem. I have heard that the Navy Arms caps work just as well. From what I've seen, the only clear advantage the Navy Arms caps has is that they don't come in a modern plastic container. To combat this, I just put the German ones into period pill tins made by Village Tinsmith, which is similar to the tin that the Navy Arms caps come in. They hold about 75 caps each, which for me is more than enough for one weekend.


Rob Weber
3d Ala Inf

[Mentobebuge]

I have alwaysed used german caps, never had much of a problem with them. I have used Navy arms and i have nothing agaisnt them i just like my german caps better
John Beaver
Georgia State line

[DixieLand1859]

German all the way, simply becasue 1) easier to open... and 2) I've never had a German cap shatter on impact.