Originally Posted by
Maillemaker
Now the new Schuetzen caps are awesome. Way hotter than the Dynamite Nobel caps.
Steve
I also heard the new caps were "hotter" so I decided to do some testing. Using my Maynard, I inserted pieces of target paper and then 100% cotton cleaning patches between the breach and the receiver and snapped both types of caps to see the damage.
For both types of materials, there was much more noticeable damage done by the RWS caps. Interestingly, the Schuetzen caps were louder going off, which might explain why people think they are hotter.
This is just what I found with my limited testing, but I figure I spend way too much time casting, loading and practicing to potentially blow a shot because I wanted to save $3 a thousand on caps.
It is still possible the new caps will work better in your gun, and if they don't you can use them for snapping caps before and after the event.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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