Rebuilding primers - re-priming compound

[AlHunt]

@Al,

I am set up to manufacture my percussion caps for my 1861 Navy with the roll caps. I think that I may be more comfortable recharging spent primers with 2-3 roll cap blisters than this compound. Have you tried recharging primers with roll caps yet? Have they proven to be relatively reliable? Have you felt a threat of corrosion after using cap primed primers?

Thanks, Ed

Well, my experience so far is the 9 remade primers I've played with this weekend, 100% of which worked both on their own and in loaded ammo. The few roll cap primers I've made all worked but I've made no loaded ammo yet. I wanted to do the PrimeAll first.

I watched a video yesterday where the guy was popping the roll caps out with a small paper punch. Looked very convenient.

I very much fear corrosion from all these experiments. I know the PrimeAll is corrosive and I'd be surprised if the roll caps weren't the exact same thing. That said, corrosive ammo has been around forever and we know how to deal with it if we need to.

Going forward, I think I want to come back to the roll caps only because if they'll reliably ignite ammo, making them would be a lot more convenient. It's good to have options.

I'm also going to teach myself to make black powder. It looks quite simple with only 3 ingredients.

I appreciate your interest in this little project.

 

[AlHunt]

I'll buy airguns before I try to reload primers...

I did that, too.