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    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle

    replacement lyman trade rifle .75mm nipples arrived today. since i have 4 of them now, i took the original nipple to the dremel & filed it down so the #11 caps could fit. it pops the cap on the 1st hammer strike (not like before where it would take a 2nd strike). the #11 magnum caps always...
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    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle

    wow, i think i've been hit with the mislabel/mispackaged-gremlins... laziness paid off, i didn't toss out the monday trash & managed to find the knight nipple package, it does say .75mm (even says red, but the nipple ain't red - i wonder if its stainless too) the 1st shop only had regular...
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    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle

    waiting for the peep site, i took the rifle out on the range sunday morning to setup the iron sights. dud - did not fire. i think i didn't clean out all the oil in the breach/nipple area. i've read that the regular cci #11 caps are too weak to ignite the powder so i went to the local shop &...
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    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle

    many folks say the trade rifle is similar so i went the lyman/investarms path. i put an order in at midsouth for the LYMAN 57SML - i'll post results when it arrives.
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    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle

    cabela's traditional hawken percussion rifle - right hand Item:UJ-210042 $369.99 online order for in-store pickup at the nearest cableas, which is a 266mi/5hr round-trip drive. picked up the rifle today only to be disappointed, the escutcheon wedge was missing from the package. cabelas could...
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