ok, I've been to home depot and lowes, and I can't find which department copper/brass caps are in. I was probably staring right at them, but nobody knew wtf I was talking about. so the trip wasn't for nothing I got the only 1/2" cap I saw, a galvanized cap. I suppose if I could drill through the top of it, might it work? otherwise, where are these damned caps!
(TH fix for those who couldn't figure it out)