S&B Caps

[Fox Creek Kid]

http://saguaro-arms.com/en/percussion-caps/1009-percussion-caps-no10-sellier-bellot.html

I see they sell them in Europe, but I sent them an e-mail to their U.S. dist. to see if they will import them into the USA.

[Navy Six]

Was watching a video on capandball.eu (the guy from Budapest who does the decent videos) and someone asked him about the S&B caps. He replied they were available in Europe but he preferred RWS caps and fealt they were of better quality. Didn't expand on his reasons. Sorry, can't remember  :-[which video I was viewing.

[Fox Creek Kid]

Well, the S&B U.S. website is DOA. 

[SaguaroMike]

S&B caps are hard avaliable even here in Europe, the company is producing  it once or twice a year,  only on special order.
During last 7 years I was shooting only C&B pistols in CAS matches and I tested the following brands of caps : CCI , Remington , RWS , RWS+ and S&B.
S&B are the most reliable and very sensitive .They fit perfectly to Uberti nipples .Ignition is 100% sure even with weak main springs , you need only push the caps to the nipples.
Using S&B caps I can shoot a clean match with my 1851 Colts. When I use RWS I have several malfunction .

[Coffinmaker]

I've got two bricks of their pistol primers.  Haven't had the opportunity to try them yet.  I may have to load a hundred rounds just to see how they run.
To ship Caps here, the seller would have to deal with our arcane Haz Mat stuff.  Not fun for them I don't think 

Coffinmaker

[wildman1]

I have used their LP primers in WB no problem. I have a '66 with lite springs that will set off most federal primers sometimes I have to hit one a couple of times, S&Bs about the same, I think they are about the same hardness as Feds. They cost me about $18 per thousand and Feds cost me about $30 per thousand. wM1

[SaguaroMike]

S&B primers are good quality however in my opinion harder than Federals. I am using S&B brass and I have to admit that are very hard with tight primers pocket. Not the best stuff for reloading.

[wildman1]

I find the brass difficult to reload also. However the primers work well. wM1