SF Bay Area percussion BP supplies

[Smoothie]

I've ordered a Cimarron 1847 Walker Dragoon 9" and am wondering if anyone can suggest a local source of BP percussion supplies in the SF Bay Area? 2f/3f powder, caps, balls, fillers, that sort of thing.

[6mmintl]

Track of the wolf on Web, imbert and Smithers san carlos.

Black powder is another issue I believe is very limited due to hazardous materials explosive regs.

[Paul_R]

Bass Pro and Sportsmans Warehouse carry caps and BP substitutes like pyrodex. You won't find real BP anywhere near the bay area unless you hook up with a muzzloader club.

[Smoothie]

I guess it'll have to be a smokeless substitute then... Thanks for the pointers! Will check out Smithers, and if then if needed continue on down to Bass Pro in San Jose. Maybe if I find everything I need I'll also head over to Los Altos Rod & Gun and give it a test drive on the tin can range!

[Paul_R]

FWIW BP substitutes aren't "smokeless", they just stink!

[Smoothie]

So... I drove down to I&S (I'm in SF) which took about an hour on a weekday afternoon. Unbelievable how bad traffic has gotten! (I commuted to the south bay and peninsula for 14 years, 1994-2008, although most of that by MC.) I&S didn't have anything in stock but do normally stock Pyrodex. Nice store though; I had never been there before. Staff seemed nice. Great source of reloading supplies, even had a decent seeming selection of dies and more.

Instead of fighting traffic all the way to Bass Pro in SJ I went home and bit the bullet, ordered 4lbs of Triple Se7en FFFg and a 1000 pack of CCI #11 caps from Cabelas. $5 shipping and only one $20 haz mat fee for both.

Also ordered a set (6 plus 1 spare) of #11 nipples from Track of the Wolf, along with their recommended anti-seizing choke lube.

[big red]

Tell me about the commute. A nice store in Pacifica is city arms and from time to time they have some black powder stuff and consignments. thought I would combine a shopping trip with a chance for some seafood and seeing the ocean. at 7 am from Sacto to SF almost two hours on saturday at speed limit when possible. Coming home it was over three hours and never saw the upside of fifty MPH. $31.00 a pound for salmon and made an offer on a revolver and never heard back. won't be doing that for a while. some nice gun stores in the bay area but so hard to get to.

[kendog4570]

Join a local Black Powder/Muzzle Loading club and you will soon be swimming in supplies.

[Sutcliffe]

Hope you have been working out

Those things are HEAVY!

[hollowpoint67]

PM sent.

[Smoothie]

Those things are HEAVY!

YES, it's a monster! And I can't wait to shoot it.

Here's a pic of it next to my 1872 Navy for comparison... But it's hard to convey the heft of this thing in a 2D image.

[BeFrank]

Let us know how the #11 caps work out. I have had better luck with the CCI #10 with my Pietta 1858's

[condor]

I ran into the same problem when getting into BP shooting. Everybody seemed to have a place, but in the end they didn't have much. Then I went to Sportsman's Warehouse and thought I'd died and went to heaven. If I needed it they had it. The link is for the store in Rhonert Park. Not absolutely sure they have one on the penninsula or east bay...