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    Nipple thread sizes..

    Yes..Duh...Going through some nonsense,brain is oatmeal..Actually,the threads are decent,only changing them because the nipples are deformed badly..
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    what cal would a 14.7 mm ball be

    .58
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    Nipple thread sizes..

    Zonie,I think you solved my problem..I've been doing a lot of crazy stuff,I JUST found my digital caliper and my SAE thread gauge,and got the time to look at it.. The thread is .360-28..It's OK,but oversize..I'm going to buy a set of .260+ .265 nipples,see which works better..Thanks guys!!
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    Nipple thread sizes..

    Guys..i am a machinist..I'm just stupid about muzzleloader nipples..I was wondering what's out there as far as oversize nipples,ETC..The thread isn't worn,the nipple is just bigger than 1/4-28..I checked it with a thread gauge,it's definitely a 28 TPI thread..Guess I'll check out some metric...
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    DON'T make your own!

    Oh man..I would NEVER make my own powder,and I'm that guy who gets away with everything crazy I try..I live in Dupont,Pa..Named after IE Dupont explosives Co..[Formerly Smithville..] There were explosions there once a year for decades that took MANY lives,some were friends fathers..Closed...
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    Nipple thread sizes..

    I'm working on the metal parts on the shotgun I posted that I'm rebuilding..Everything in good shape other than the nipples..Tops are terrible deformed..Thread is almost dead on 1/4-28,but a 1/4 -28 bolt drops right in,hole a little big..Now,I can fix the nipples and put them back in,but is...
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    When to refinish?

    Here's a nifty trick..Gotta make two,fold the plate and make them together..
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    When to refinish?

    Thanks Clint!! I do a lot of crazy stuff..A few months ago,I built a rotisserie for painting guitar bodies,built it to take different adapters for different stuff..This is a 1940-ish Stevens 56C stock I'm in the process of restoring..Stock was firewood..Varnish out of an airbrush..I'll be...
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    It finally happened froze nipple on my buffalo hunter

    30 years restoring vintage Harleys here,10 years before that on German printing presses,4 years as a Porsche mechanic..I can tell you easy outs are something you jam in the hole and deliberately break it off to warn others it's too late..If you use them,get the square ones,not the screw...
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    Wood erosion

    Looks like the left side was already glass bedded..
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    When to refinish?

    Top was missing on the right lock..
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    When to refinish?

    Them trigger thingies gotta go somewhere..
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    When to refinish?

    Repairs on the destroyed forend..
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    When to refinish?

    Tanglefoot,I looked at a few sites,decided to just make them..I fix guitars too,I have a lot of junk pickups,I ripped one apart for the brass backplate..Already started cutting them..
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    When to refinish?

    Alchemist with a degree in Dremel..LOL!!
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