C Younger
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- Jan 4, 2017
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I’ve been giving my Pietta New Army a good work over and am trying to figure a way to keep the hammer from striking the nipples. On my Pietta 1860 Army and my Ruger Old Army I don’t get the mushrooming nipples like I do on my New Army. It appears that on both the Ruger and the 1860 the hammer doesn’t quite reach the nipples, but on the New Army the hammer rests on the uncapped nipples without touching the frame.
Would it be better to shorten the cones on the nipples or take some metal off the nose of the hammer? Time wise, the hammer seems to be the right place, but I’m planning on upgrading to some better nipples and don’t know what the cone length on them will be. I don’t want to have a problem with the hammer not getting close enough to fire a cap due to the new nipples having a shorter cone than the ones that came in the gun.
Would it be better to shorten the cones on the nipples or take some metal off the nose of the hammer? Time wise, the hammer seems to be the right place, but I’m planning on upgrading to some better nipples and don’t know what the cone length on them will be. I don’t want to have a problem with the hammer not getting close enough to fire a cap due to the new nipples having a shorter cone than the ones that came in the gun.