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    .32 CVA Squirrel rifle hooked breach plug

    I have made such a animal for my CVA mountain rifle. I had a as new Lyman GPR barrel and I made a CVA type breach plug and fitted a drum to it. Worked out fine and still use it today. Maybe a custom made one would work for you. Is the barrel still good?
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    1/4-28 Powder drum

    A place called The Gun Works has what you want . 7/16 dia undrilled for nipple 1/4 x 28 thread drum . Sku D-19 $ 3.75. I have used them before and no problem at all.
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    CVA Plainsman

    Guys The breach he is showing us is a different barrel. Notice no rust and it's in the white. Someone must have tried to unscrew the breach plug and it broke off.
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    Making percussion caps

    The role caps don't work so good anyway. Just too much paper is trying to blow through that tiny vent hole. You can do away with the paper if you harvest the dots off the role. I used to do that and used 12 dots in the cups.As many as 15 sometimes. It all worked ok but the prime-all and the...
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    2024 cap update, bad and the bad

    To answer a question about the brass I use. I ordered .005 36 gauge soft brass . A 10"x30" sheet and it could make about 1200 cups. Works perfectly on my revolvers .No fragment and no cap jams after 100 shots. Nothing done to the revolvers. They just puff out a little and stay on the nipples...
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    2024 cap update, bad and the bad

    Beardedgunsmit is reminding us that there is a way forward by making your own. His way with the printer cups are working . For myself I use a die made by 22 reloader. I use either double wall pop cans or brass sheet for the cups. There are real primer mixes that work. I have made my own caps...
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    How i make my caps

    Looks like you are on to something. For myself I could not work that fast to do that many before it all dried out. Alcohol dries fast and so will the duco cement.. What's the cost of the resin to make the cups?
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    How i make my caps

    When you mix up a batch as described,how many caps can you load with it? Have you fired any with a loaded gun?
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    Tap- o- cap style musket cap tool question

    Ok It happens Are you sure you want a formula that uses glass? It gave it a try once and never again. You can feel that glass grit and it's on everything. The glass does nothing for you. The FA-42 will do all you can want.
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    Tap- o- cap style musket cap tool question

    Ok I'll bite. What is the H11 priming?Most of us use the FA-42 ,some the H-48. The FA-42 is simple and powerful . It is corrosive though.
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    Tap- o- cap style musket cap tool question

    If you have the needed skills ,there are plans available to make your own. I don't know of anybody making and selling the Musket size die. It would be nice though.
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    DIY Caps Question

    For those who don't have the primer trays,the plastic 22rf racks that hold 50 or 100 rounds will serve . Glued or taped to a hunk of wood or cardboard they are handy. Just the thing to hold the cups if you spray. I do use the brass but only for the revolvers. The double wall pop cans work well...
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    DIY Caps Question

    Nobade Did you make your own musket cap die? I have started making one but I'm half way done and there it sits. No drive to finish it. Fireworks supply houses are a good way to get the supplies.If you don't already have a die to make percussion caps ,get the 22 reloader die set. It's not...
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    Cap Priming Compound

    Nobade and anyone that is interested. I used K&S Soft Brass Stock No 6010 36 gauge 12" X 30". That's 360 square inches and could make as many as 1440 cups. I had to use a little paste wax on the side that becomes the inside of the cup.The formed cups didn't want to come off of the post in the...
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    Cap Priming Compound

    I use a cut in half red plastic toy cap gun cap Usually found in ring s for toy revolvers. Glued to a matchstick. Half size for sidelock rifles and 1/3 size for the revolvers. I have found that too much power in the revolvers fragment the cup leading to a lot of problems. .005 36ga brass is...
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    Cap Priming Compound

    The small bag with the off white powder is the supposed binder. Just measure out with the scoop like normal but leave out the binder. It will work fine and likely with more power without that filler. Just use some other binder like has been talked about. I'm surprised that nobody has commented...
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    Cap Priming Compound

    I have just weighed the powders needed to make 30 percussion caps. I use the FA-42 formula(same as the reloader powders without the useless binder baggie). The powders when in the cups are half filling and less than that when pushed down. 16.1 grains will make 30 percussion caps as I make them...
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    Cap Priming Compound

    Yes there is. Most who want to do this will go the fireworks supply places. I have two places for you to look at. Fireworks Cookbook and Skylighter. The formula most often used is the FA-42. I use it and am happy with it.
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    Making Percussion Caps

    My Cap Maker is for the #11 size. The cups fit fine on my revolvers and I use the stock nipples mostly.
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    Making Percussion Caps

    Ironwrx Does the arbor press ram have a hole drilled into it from the bottom? If so how big is it? The reason I asked is you can get a threading die holder that may be able to have the stem fit that hole. The cap maker die has a body of .980 ( at least mine did) That would fit into a one inch...
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