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  1. osdopasdp

    Traditions 1858 Army Revolver - Nipples no longer fitting in cylinder

    Thanks for commenting. I'll give another shot at trying the nipples on different cylinders -- otherwise am re-tapping this weekend. Not the best made guns.
  2. osdopasdp

    Nipples

    Thank you, sir. Very helpful.
  3. osdopasdp

    Traditions 1858 Army Revolver - Nipples no longer fitting in cylinder

    Thank you again. I have been starting with a nipple wrench when screwing in the nipples - might be what messed up the threads. Really hard to correctly get the nipple to set with the wrench, eh? Need to carefully feel it? Your machinist suggestion is on point I think. Obviously most of this is...
  4. osdopasdp

    Nipples

    Did you confirm that the 1858 Army Remington Revolver has stock 6x0.75 nipples? I have to re-tap as well. Fun stuff. Did you buy your tap online? Thanks in advance.
  5. osdopasdp

    Traditions 1858 Army Revolver - Nipples no longer fitting in cylinder

    Mmm seems like it's either M6x1 or M6x.75 from what I'm reading. Are these close enough to work if I just use M6x1? I assume it would just be a bit looser. Or contact Traditions to get exact size?
  6. osdopasdp

    Traditions 1858 Army Revolver - Nipples no longer fitting in cylinder

    Appreciate the reply. I think I just need to come to terms with the fact that the threads are damaged. I can get a few turns on one of the nipples before it gets caught. Other one is in worse shape. It looks like the tap I need is M6. The taper tap should be safest to use so long as it doesn't...
  7. osdopasdp

    Traditions 1858 Army Revolver - Nipples no longer fitting in cylinder

    Two nipples won't screw back in to cylinder after second cleaning I purchased an 1858 .44 Remington revolver from Traditions as my first foray into black powder pistols. It came dirty and gunked up prior to that, but no problem - I took apart the gun and cleaned everything thoroughly, put it...
  8. osdopasdp

    Current percussion cap source

    People speaking about 22lrreloader - I'd avoid like the plague. Guy charged me and lied repeatedly about shipping the items - after over a month, nothing received. Lots of people complaining about the same issue...
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