Musket cap nipple for a Seneca?

[Newaygo77]

I just picked up a TC Seneca. I’ve been shooting musket caps in my other percussion guns in recent years, due to regular #11 percussion caps being hard to find. I know the Seneca takes a smaller (12-28?) nipple. Does anyone make a musket cap nipple in this size?

 

[hawkeye2]

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/musket-cap-nipple-for-a-seneca.147600/8th. nipple up from the bottom.

 

[Newaygo77]

Thanks for the reply, but I must be missing something. I don’t see any illustration or link.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I don't see any listed in the Track of the Wolf catalog.

 

[hawkeye2]

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/807/28th. nipple up from the bottom.

Nipple, 12-28 thread, for Thompson Center Seneca and Cherokee rifles, & T/C Patriot pistol, #11 CCI cap, stainless steel

• Cone length: 0.300"
• Thread journal length: 0.200"
• Overall length: 0.500"
• Diameter of base: 0.305"

Use nipple wrench #NW-170
$4.99 In stock

Somehow I managed to link back to the topic rather than TOW in my earlier post, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Old Hawkeye]

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/807/28th. nipple up from the bottom.

Nipple, 12-28 thread, for Thompson Center Seneca and Cherokee rifles, & T/C Patriot pistol, #11 CCI cap, stainless steel

• Cone length: 0.300"
• Thread journal length: 0.200"
• Overall length: 0.500"
• Diameter of base: 0.305"

Use nipple wrench #NW-170
$4.99 In stock

Somehow I managed to link back to the topic rather than TOW in my earlier post, sorry for the confusion.

The OP asked if there is a MUSKET CAP nipple available, not one for a #11 cap.

 

[flconch53]

With that small a thread I doubt it

 

[tenngun]

Would the Seneca hammer still fit?

 

[hawkeye2]

Another screw-up. I should have been in bed rather than posting when I did the first one and continued my screw-up this AM.

 

[Stantheman86]

Be sure the hammer will pop the musket cap....

I tried a musket cap nipple on a Pedersoli Harper's Ferry pistol and the hammer face was too small to reliably pop the larger caps.

 

[gunpa]

I've bought 2 musket nipples from TOW . Both had holes MUCH smaller than standard #11. As a result they worked poorly. After drilling them to match #11 nipples they work great.

 

[bang]

Be sure the hammer will pop the musket cap....

I tried a musket cap nipple on a Pedersoli Harper's Ferry pistol and the hammer face was too small to reliably pop the larger caps.

I experimented a bit and made a flat piece to temporarily glue in the hammer recess. Worked good but nothing around the cap when it pops. I didn't get spread and frag like the smaller caps.

 

[brushblind]

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[Bad Karma]

I've bought 2 musket nipples from TOW . Both had holes MUCH smaller than standard #11. As a result they worked poorly. After drilling them to match #11 nipples they work great.

The smaller orifice is correct for higher pressure bullet loads. It’s only .028” but with a musket cap I’m really surprised you had any ignition trouble.

 

[hanshi]

I recall trying that in the distant past but the results have escaped me. I'm not even sure why I thought it needed doing.

 

[Bad Karma]

I recall trying that in the distant past but the results have escaped me. I'm not even sure why I thought it needed doing.

A good new nipple, clean gun, good caps and black powder. Lights off without hesitation for me.