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Cutting that barrel back to 6" sounds great to me! I dove tailed both of mine and on one I used a blank dovtail and then cut in a slot for a 1858 dime I bought on ebay. First I used a piece of german steel with just a touch of solider to hold it in place. Once I had it sighted in and knew where it had to be height and windage I trimed down the dovetail to fit the top of the barrel perfectly and then I cut off and ground off the dime so that the top half with the date on it was the right height.My son claimed that one,Lol.
My other one has a piece of german stainless steel for the sight.
Don't forget to use an oversized dovetail sight so that once you have it sighted in for windage it will still fit all the way across the flat top of the barrel. Then you can peen it in place after you trim it down .
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