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    advice needed CVA Mountain Rifle .54

    the nose cap, trigger guard and butt plate could be german Silver. they interchanged that and brass. But only you can determine the value to you. Would be best if you could see it first hand and shoot it.
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    First time shooting issue

    possibly but not likely Doubt it was the humidity causing condensation. More likely it was the drizzle just collecting. They make a product called a Cow's knee for when hunting. This keeps the pan and hammer / lock covered until you are ready to shoot.
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    Ball size

    or maybe a few people have one of these. (I can't post the pic so here's a link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun
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    Caps stuck in hammer

    Mine has never been a problem with sticking caps. But I've had to work on a few others. Dremel with an abrasive polishing cone is quick and easy. Don't go deeper, just polish the sides of the recess. When the hammer hits the cap and it ignites, it swells and most times splits. This makes a...
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    CVA Mt. Rifle

    Bought mine as a kit through Montgomery Wards back in 1978. Other than Black Powder only, 50 caliber and serial number no other marks on the barrel. it's a tack driver out to 150yd. I think it was $179 or something back then but maybe it was $129 can't remember that far back. Going...
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    Ball size

    yes you did. But BP C&B revolvers are technically a front stuffer too, as they are loaded from the front of the chamber, versus a cartridge gun at the rear. But I think what some were questioning, was the .44 aspect you mentioned vs the more common .45 caliber in a front loading pistol.
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    Ball size

    ok maybe semantics or a dumb question. But typically a pistol is a single shot. Where as a revolver has a rotating cylinder so is it a single shot? .44 revolver would use .451 .454 .457 round balls and no patching.
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    Traditions Crockett Problem - On to Pedersoli?

    I could be wrong, but I have always believed Traditions to be at the bottom of the scale for quality. Shot a couple that belonged to friends that thought they were good deals. I felt the accuracy was terrible also. My original 35 yr CVA 50 cal mountain Have a couple lymans good accuracy...
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    Ramrod Replacement for 39 inch barrel

    54's are normally 10 x 32 sizing. 50 and other can be a mixture 8x 32 or 10 x32. Treso sells tips that have both.
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    White Mtn Carbine and Lee Reals?

    personally I'm not aware of a 1:38. But that would be considered a fast twist designed for conicals. A common middle of the road twist is 1:48. So yours should work just fine. BTW REAL by Lee, is just a marketing gimmick. Any conical that is loaded in that manner will have the same effect...
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    Thread for clean out screw

    yes I did in a pm specifically for him. Being it's Italian almost guaranteed it is metric. suggested a machine shop measure with a pitch gauge and diameter. Also Harbor freight does or did sell sae and metric thread pitch gauges. I did the pm as I knew most everybody would get sidetracked from...
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    To nitrate or...

    Paper is nitrated to insure complete burning of it. Depending on paper used it is probably more of a necessity in recent years than a 100 years ago as many papers today are mandated by the feds to have fire retardant added. Old onion skin paper from typing does normally burn quite readily. at...
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    3rd Model Dragoon Bored-Out to use .490 Balls!

    Well you can get you a custom 50 cal BP C&B http://www.gunblast.com/Cumpston_ClementsFugett.htm
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    Thread for clean out screw

    Perhaps these factory manuals are wrong http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/muzzle-loaders/pdfs/lyc-ml-ds.pdf pge 4 item rour Gun Parts - 6030123 - Cleanout Plug $1.00 they say plug not screw but samething http://www.deercreekproducts.net/uploads/3/7/5/3/37535295/sidelock_manual.pdf before...
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    Thread for clean out screw

    My CVA is 35+ years old and the screw gets removed during every cleaning. So I very much doubt you will see such a thread. I didn't say they never come clean. I said many times they don't, especially if you also don't remove the nipple. But each to his own.
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    Thread for clean out screw

    In a way you're eight as a drilled passage for the flash. But a good thoroughly cleaning of the gun does require it's removal. Pumping action in a bucket of water alone will not always remove the crud in there. May not have to remove the nipple each time, but the screw it would be. Some other...
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    Dixie Gun Works

    I bought their version of the Smith rifle, still has Pietta stamped in the barrel. Comes from the Pietta factory. Dixie will sometimes order some "seconds" and put their name on them and reduce the price a bit. Most times you can't tell the difference. I used to buy wholesale from them, but they...
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    CVA Mountain Rifle Patchbox

    My CVA 50 cal was a kit gun. Has the patch box. All I ever kept in it was the jag and worm. I rarely shot PRB almost always conicals Back in the mountainman era, I don't believe they carried ready made patches. Maybe a few did. And they would fit in there. But most carried a small chunk or so...
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    Lyman GPR and Trade rifles?

    The trade rifle will do you well. There really isn't all that much difference between it and GPR except price and cosmetics.
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    hang-fire cause ??

    A properly fitted and loaded conical. First which conicals are you using? Conicals really should be prelubed with a thick lube in the grooves And should be a very snug fit all the way down Been using 50/50 beeswax- tallow (lard) for years the ratio adjusted to my liking. Do NOT use a patch with...
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