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Black powder (and casting) newbie here (old time centerfire reloader though) I just removed the cylinder from my New 1860 Uberti Army pistol and checked all 6 chambers with a caliper, 0.450" x 6 what size ball should I use to get a good swage on the cylinders ? I see many ball molds at .450...

despite looking everywhere the only caps I can find are the cci 0301 reenactors caps, I bought 1 box on amazon, $37. Nothing else can if find. not ideal but for getting started I think they will work. I suppose I can just fire blanks til i get some real RWS caps .... somewhere

Thanks for the reply. I finally found a table of percussion cap specifications in the Henry Krank website, they have virtually no inventory but I did see that the RWS 4 wing musket cap is .230" ID, will fit, and I am hoping the CCI 4 wing musket cap will fit, looks like the 0.238" OD nipple on...

the nipple on the zoauve is 0.2" in diameter at the end (0.199 but who's counting ?) are these CCI (for reenactment) musket caps 0.20" ID ?

The only percusison caps that seem to be readily available now are CCI 301 Four Wing Musket Caps Black Powder Brass on the package it says "For reenactment use" my question is this: i cannot find any specs on the size of nipple these are supposed to fit, my gun is a new 58 cal zouave repro...

I am looking for period correct front and rear dovetails sights for 1863 Remiington Zouave musket, can you suggest vendors ? this part seems to be elusive. thanks

you look just like Jack Crabbe ! are you that old ?

I just picked up a used Zouve 58 cal. percussion rifled musket, there seems to be no hardware to secure the end cap, the end caps falls to the floor when ram rod pulled out. The barrel band is quite loose, not suprised, I will firm that up by shimming with aluminum tape, but is there a...

When shopping for a 38 snubby I had to try 4 or 5 models before I found the s/w model 10 trigger that fit my finger/hand, all the others felt like the trigger was too short, same with my new and beloved Colt Dragoon, love the look and the feel, but again the trigger feels too small/short for...