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Offline tpic402

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« on: June 27, 2006, 01:35:35 PM »
Help My son got a cva pistol kit in .45 cal. I finish it and we shot it for the first time today. I used #11 cap but they fit loose and banana :eek: . Also does anyone know what sights this kit may have used it has a dovetail cut in rear of barrel.
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2006, 05:47:18 PM »
Could be a Musket Nipple with the kit. Easiest thing to is to buy a new #11 nipple. I had the same thing happen on a Cabels Muzzleloader. Got a new nipple, and everything was fine.

Can't help on the dovetail yet. But they do come in standard sizes.
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2006, 10:38:48 AM »
Try 10s
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2006, 03:32:35 PM »
where to get 10's?  I've never been able to find them but need them too...
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