ok guy's,
since you were such a great help i'll ask another question. i recently bought 2 .36 cal cap n ball revolver's. i was on tow and didn't see a wad punch for the .36 cal. will a .38 cal punch work?
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ok guy's,
since you were such a great help i'll ask another question. i recently bought 2 .36 cal cap n ball revolver's. i was on tow and didn't see a wad punch for the .36 cal. will a .38 cal punch work?
Yup, sure will.
R.M.
The tree of liberty must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants and patriots alike..........Thomas Jefferson
thanks RM
go to the hardware store ( now that mite take some doing} get a 3/8" arch punch. that will cut .375 wads which will work for .36 cap and ball pistold and .38-55 rifles.
i bought one from track. thanks guys
Chuck the 3/8" punch into a drill press on low speed and punch them out over a wood block.
Hellgate in Orygun
With 16+revolvers, I've been called the Imelda Marcos of cap&ball.
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Any suggestions for the diameter of punch for a .44 cal?
Sorry for the hijack.
I use the 7/16" punch and it fits the chambers just fine.
Hellgate in Orygun
With 16+revolvers, I've been called the Imelda Marcos of cap&ball.
If you do not subscribe to a newspaper you are uninformed. If you do subscribe to a newspaper you are misinformed. Mark Twain
”We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, yet they are still lying.” –Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
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