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Offline mike116

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Found some caps!
« on: April 21, 2024, 09:15:01 AM »
I went through an antique store to kill some time while waiting on my grandkids yesterday and I found three cap tins for my collection.  All three were ones I don't have.   Nothing exciting but I've never seen this CCI tin and I've never seen a Fiocchi percussion cap tin that was not labeled Alcan on it somewhere,  this Fiocchi can is aluminum.   I've seen the green & white label but never a light blue one.    The CCI tin and the Fiocchi tin are nearly full.






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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2024, 10:06:09 AM »
I've used those CCI caps before. I think that's the first tin design they used. Fiocchi bought Alcan in the early 70's.
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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2024, 12:28:05 PM »
The aluminum Fiocchi can is the only one I haven't seen before.   
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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2024, 05:45:52 PM »
Nice! I have a Remington cap tin like that one and I dimly recall using a CCI tin like yours in the early '70s, but I too have never seen a Fiocchi tin like that.
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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2024, 05:56:41 PM »
Nice score! I've never seen any of those 3 before.
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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2024, 09:24:30 PM »
Mike,
That’s a great find.
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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2024, 08:00:51 AM »
The only difference between Mike's Remington tin and the one I have is that mine says "Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co."

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Re: Found some caps!
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2024, 11:17:46 AM »
The Dupont caps are older than the UMC caps. I've got some Dupont tins from the late 60's early 70's. The Fiocchi tin is pre 72.
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