Black powder revolver nipples

[redcat]

So how has the hammer got through to mash the nipples?

Redcat

[FredB]

The nipples were too long.
Fred

[redcat]

The frame.
Fred

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?

Redcat
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[FredB]

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

[redcat]

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

[FredB]

You adjust the length of the nipples.
Fred

[channel12]

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.

[Daryll]

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..

[redcat]

Way to go, Daryll! Don't you just love it when a plan come to fruition? clapclap

Redcat

[bradaz11]

copper slip is an abrasive. I always found a wrap of PTFE tape round the nipples helped them from sticking.