Jackrabbit1957
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You can always shorten them! Track of the Wolf has a large selection of nipples, measure the length and see what they have.
HELP! What nipples fit a Belgian centennial centaur?
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J-Bar
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That is a gorgeous revolver!
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Blackpowderwarrior
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She's a beauty for sure.
@Jackrabbit1957 I thought about shortening the slix shot but I'll probably just throw them on another gun that could use them.
These nipples are unfired so I'll give this stock set a roll
@Jackrabbit1957 I thought about shortening the slix shot but I'll probably just throw them on another gun that could use them.
These nipples are unfired so I'll give this stock set a roll
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Blackpowderwarrior
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@Jackrabbit1957 do you have any pocket model arbors in your parts bin at the moment?
I got a revolver id been looking for a while. A ASM baby dragon with a 5" barrel with loading lever.
Unfortunately during initial break down and clean of the gun , after a attempt to hit the wedge with my plastic mallet the arbor bent. I went to bend it back and it was nearly as easy to bend as a fork.
I was never able to get it straight enough to work and ended up becoming unusable.
Id often heard stories about ASM soft parts but this was a first for me
I got a revolver id been looking for a while. A ASM baby dragon with a 5" barrel with loading lever.
Unfortunately during initial break down and clean of the gun , after a attempt to hit the wedge with my plastic mallet the arbor bent. I went to bend it back and it was nearly as easy to bend as a fork.
I was never able to get it straight enough to work and ended up becoming unusable.
Id often heard stories about ASM soft parts but this was a first for me
woodnbow
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And I believe track, and others supply two lengths of uberti cones…
Jackrabbit1957
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Unfortunately no, I don't have any arbors laying around. Did you look at VTI? They have some ASM parts. I would also look at EBay.
LonesomePigeon
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I have two Centaure's, a 4xxx and a 9xxx. As I recall the nipples marked "fits original Colt's" from Track of The Wolf had the correct threads but the cone length was not necessarily ideal.
44 Dave
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Original Colts even had 2 different length cones, according to my1970s Dixie Gun Works catalog.
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Blackpowderwarrior
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I thought about trying some original colt nipples.
Smallest caps I have are the tiny cci 10's
Smallest caps I have are the tiny cci 10's
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Blackpowderwarrior
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Do you know if the color case is real bone & charcoal or chemical?
LonesomePigeon
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Blackpowderwarrior, I don't know what kind of colors are on the frame of Centaure's. I do think it is real case hardening of some sort but I don't know what kind. It does not look like any original 1st, 2nd, 3rd Gen Colt, original Winchester or pre-WWII Marlin to me.
As an aside, the nipple counterbores at the rear of my Centaure cylinder measure 0.350" in diameter. However, on mine you can see where they made a mistake on one chamber, starting the counterbore at 0.375" before correcting midway down and finishing the bore at 0.350". Looks like somebody at the factory chucked the wrong bit.
Smokin'Joe
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Resizing your caps should fix your problem. See post #14:
caps coming off Pietta 1858 remington .44
I tried pinching the caps slightly before putting them on. Worked perfect, no caps came off while firing. Is there any danger in pinching these caps, like possibly causing a chain fire?
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