wsryno
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Purchased what I believe is a 45 cal CVA Traditions Kentucky rifle, price was too low to pass up. It appears to be built from a kit, the assembly seems to be pretty good at least as good as I could have done. And it appears unfired.
I checked to make sure it was not loaded, then I fired just a cap down toward the ground at a leaf to make sure there were no obstructions in the primer feed system. Leaf should move, but it didn't. So I started poking around and discovered that the powder drum appears to have no hole that would allow primer flash to get to the slot at the bottom of the barrel (slot shown in the pic). The inside of the cleanout drum is perfectly sealed.
So my questions are,
(1) Am I correct that the powder drum should have a hole or slot that lines-up with the slot at the bottom of the barrel?
(2) Are replacement powder drums available, and from where, or can I just cut a slot in the existing powder drum with a thin blade hacksaw?
Thanks, this is my first blackpowder rifle and I can't seem to find these answers anywhere.
I checked to make sure it was not loaded, then I fired just a cap down toward the ground at a leaf to make sure there were no obstructions in the primer feed system. Leaf should move, but it didn't. So I started poking around and discovered that the powder drum appears to have no hole that would allow primer flash to get to the slot at the bottom of the barrel (slot shown in the pic). The inside of the cleanout drum is perfectly sealed.
So my questions are,
(1) Am I correct that the powder drum should have a hole or slot that lines-up with the slot at the bottom of the barrel?
(2) Are replacement powder drums available, and from where, or can I just cut a slot in the existing powder drum with a thin blade hacksaw?
Thanks, this is my first blackpowder rifle and I can't seem to find these answers anywhere.