Wow, I was paying $5.80 a tin in the Spring of 2006 before the bottom fell out.  That was at Bass Pro.

Ken

I stopped by Bass Pro in Ft Lauderdale last week while I was down there and they told me they stopped carrying the caps a couple of years ago because of low sales.

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toptimlrd wrote : Ken I stopped by Bass Pro in Ft Lauderdale last week while I was down there.

Bob,

I was in Fort Lauderdale during Spring Break. I can truthfully say that percussion caps never crossed my mind.

I guess when you live in Florida and have been happily married for about 20 years that stuff barely turns your head any more.

Hello.  

I have gotten into several "discussions" about the percussion cap shortage on a couple of other forums.....with mixed results.  

In response to a previous post about Rockwood Holdings,  this is the skinny:

The four businesses acquired represent total revenue of approximately $1.6 billion in 2003. The businesses are focused on highly specialized markets and products such as white pigments (Sachtleben Chemie GmbH, Duisburg), surface treatment and lithium chemicals (Chemetall GmbH, Frankfurt/Main), ceramics (CeramTec AG, Plochingen) and pharmaceutical intermediates (DNES Custom Synthesis consisting of DNSC, Finorga and Rohner).


From the above statement,  Dynamit-Nobel did not release it's percussion cap business to Rockwood.  According to first hand information obtained by me from a person who orders these caps in MASS quantites for their business,  RWS moved it's import/distribution center from New Jersey to, I believe she told me, Arkansas or Alabama.  The caps were never manufactured in the USA, they've always been imported.  A change in the importation of explosive materials law after 9-11 has impacted the importation of these as well as the sale of RWS products.  

However, the individual I purchase my RWS caps from said they have a Large supply that is not in any danger of being depleted anytime soon.  In fact, I ordered 2000 and they arrived within four days.

Now for the non-believers,  Navy-Arms company IS out of business, at least their musket cap business.  It was situated in Brazil and has since gone kablooey about 4 years ago.  Any Navy-Arms caps that you purchase now is a finite quanity.  In fact I personally haven't seen any NA caps for sale in over 10 years, although I am aware they are available.

If any of you remember the previous discussion from the other forums, please be aware that I will not get into a heated debate with you about the information presented here.  Take it as you will, and form your own opinion....or do your own research.

Sir, thanks for the information.  The moderators here won't allow "heated" debates.