Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:46 pm
So how has the hammer got through to mash the nipples?
Redcat
Redcat
The nipples were too long.
Fred
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Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:21 am
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:13 pm
Are you basing this on information from Pietta, Uberti or Pedersoli or are you saying this is how they were made in the 19th century?FredB wrote:The frame.
Fred
Redcat
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Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:02 pm
I have orignal 19th century revolvers, I have owned Uberti and Pietta revolvers and currently shoot an old Euroarms Rogers and Specer. If correctly set up, none of them will peen the nipples.
Fred
Fred
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:36 pm
I am just curious as to how you "set up" the pistol as I was not aware of any adjustment to alter how far the hammer travels when the trigger is pulled.
Redcat
Redcat
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:27 am
You adjust the length of the nipples.
Fred
Fred
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 7:34 am
I'm not sure what others do but I always remove the nipples when cleaning the cylinder and then screwed them back in only finger tight.
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:23 pm
I had a tinker with the nipples this morning... first I tried capped them all, and several were difficult to cap.
Eventually I had to take the cylinder out (something you'd never do with a loaded chamber!!) to cap them.
I put the cylinder back in and then "capped off".. all 6 fired fine.
I've been working on making a nipple key out of a 3/16th socket, (an idea I got from a US site) so I continued working on that. As I was test fitting it on the nipples, I found that they were only just screwed in.. some less than finger tight..!
I finished fitting the nipple key and removed all 6 nipples, put them in a drill chuck as Fred suggested and filed them while rotating. I tried to not adjust the length, just filed off the rough parts, and then put a bevel on the rim.
Reassembled with the nipple key and a very small amount of Copper Slip grease, just hand tight, then capped them again... much easier to do on the gun now.
On "Capping Off" again, all 6 fired fine... I'm a happy bunny..
Eventually I had to take the cylinder out (something you'd never do with a loaded chamber!!) to cap them.
I put the cylinder back in and then "capped off".. all 6 fired fine.
I've been working on making a nipple key out of a 3/16th socket, (an idea I got from a US site) so I continued working on that. As I was test fitting it on the nipples, I found that they were only just screwed in.. some less than finger tight..!
I finished fitting the nipple key and removed all 6 nipples, put them in a drill chuck as Fred suggested and filed them while rotating. I tried to not adjust the length, just filed off the rough parts, and then put a bevel on the rim.
Reassembled with the nipple key and a very small amount of Copper Slip grease, just hand tight, then capped them again... much easier to do on the gun now.
On "Capping Off" again, all 6 fired fine... I'm a happy bunny..
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:42 pm
Way to go, Daryll! Don't you just love it when a plan come to fruition? clapclap
Redcat
Redcat
Re: Black powder revolver nipples
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:39 pm
copper slip is an abrasive. I always found a wrap of PTFE tape round the nipples helped them from sticking.