The Remingtons are greenish primer and the CCI are more reddish, so it's real easy to see which one you're using at a glance. I had pre-loaded my Ted Cash tear drop capper with a mixture of Remington regular and CCI Magnum #11 caps. I'm of the opinion that it really doesn't matter (just like Rob above) and here's the proof:Ībout a month ago I shot the 1st Sunday Old Bridge match.
50 -> I do hope to get out to OBRC one weekend as this black powder is getting under my skin quickly, but calendar is not letting it happen quite now!īTW, I just remembered that there was a previous topic with this name from MosinRob, but it seems we never answered the question "Is there reason to not use the #11 Magnums?"ĭepending upon who you talk to, some folks feel that the "magnum" caps aren't necessary for regular black powder. Would this mean a bit more pressure/fps on the round or just more likely to ignite the powder? Are these a reasonable primer for the New Englander using Pyrodex? I can't seem to find any definitive statement on good or bad. So, I found some CCI #11 Magnum Percussion Caps. about 25% of them lost the primer! I think they are pretty old (maybe 15 years old) They have been reliable as long as the primer stayed in the cup. The gun came to me with a tin of very old Remington #11 Percussion caps that are running out. So far both shoot just great (reliable and somewhat consistent groups), although the P is a bit cleaner.
I also had handed-to-me, some Pyrodex P and I obtained some Pyrodex RS for the gun. I have a hand-me-down T/C New Englander in.