eccentricjackal
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Hi All,
I'm new on here, I have been using this forum to answer many of my shooting questions for a long time and have finally made an account!
My problem relates to the nipples on a second hand Ruger Old Army I have just purchased, and I am aware that the gun has taken some abuse in the past (lightly pitted barrel).
Whenever I load it a small amount of black powder (using medium/fine) falls through the nipples and all over the reloading bench. This is not something I have seen with other BP pistols I have fired, and when inspecting it the flash holes are much larger than on my Uberti repro. Is this normal? Are the flash holes on these guns normally much larger than on other black powder revolvers?
I can use coarser powder if this is the case but I can also contact the shop and maybe get a discount on some new nipples for it if a previous owner has damaged/drilled them for some reason. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan
I'm new on here, I have been using this forum to answer many of my shooting questions for a long time and have finally made an account!
My problem relates to the nipples on a second hand Ruger Old Army I have just purchased, and I am aware that the gun has taken some abuse in the past (lightly pitted barrel).
Whenever I load it a small amount of black powder (using medium/fine) falls through the nipples and all over the reloading bench. This is not something I have seen with other BP pistols I have fired, and when inspecting it the flash holes are much larger than on my Uberti repro. Is this normal? Are the flash holes on these guns normally much larger than on other black powder revolvers?
I can use coarser powder if this is the case but I can also contact the shop and maybe get a discount on some new nipples for it if a previous owner has damaged/drilled them for some reason. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks,
Ryan