Shooters:
I was cleaning my Old Army and decided to take the nipples out and maybe replace them later. So I assembled the gun, and found it couldn't be cocked, the cylinder wouldn't rotate. As a matter of curiosity, what was hanging up?
I appears the hand is well to the center of the where the nipples would be, but something was catching on something. Put the new nipples in and all works fine. As I said, just curious, no problem.
Also, the percussion caps get blasted to chards, (always did) sometines tie up the cylinder. I use 40 grains of Pyrodex, 'cause I like a good jolt. CCI Magnum caps. Somebody said cut the powder charge. Also, when do you replace the nipples? Do the holes enlarge? Can you gauge them with a rod gauge ? Thanks!
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I was cleaning my Old Army and decided to take the nipples out and maybe replace them later. So I assembled the gun, and found it couldn't be cocked, the cylinder wouldn't rotate. As a matter of curiosity, what was hanging up?
I appears the hand is well to the center of the where the nipples would be, but something was catching on something. Put the new nipples in and all works fine. As I said, just curious, no problem.
Also, the percussion caps get blasted to chards, (always did) sometines tie up the cylinder. I use 40 grains of Pyrodex, 'cause I like a good jolt. CCI Magnum caps. Somebody said cut the powder charge. Also, when do you replace the nipples? Do the holes enlarge? Can you gauge them with a rod gauge ? Thanks!
Gascheck