anti-seize grease for revolvers?

[Whippy]

Hi everyone, I am the proud new papa of an 1851 Colt Navy Reproduction

I am trying to learn as much as I can concerning black powder shooting from reading online articles, etc. as I have absolutely NO experience with muzzleloading and have never even been exposed to it, at least in this life.

I've read how plug grease should be used on the breach plug on certain muzzleloading rifles and that got me wondering if it would be a good idea to purchase grease to apply on the nipple threads of my revolver or would this just be a waste of time and money?

Thanks

 

[mykeal]

You absolutely should use an anti-seize grease on the nipple threads. I use Gorilla Grease, but there are many good options available.

 

[Whippy]

Wow, nice to know! That should put me ready to go shooting now, thanks a bunch

 

[Pancho]

Welcome to the forum. Whippy, check out the stickie at the beginning of the forum. There is a lot of good stuff written by smart people. If you have any questions come to us. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but there is a lot of experience on this forum.

 

[anythingelse]

T/C makes an Anti-Seize specifically for nipples and breech plugs. Good stuff, as far as I can tell.

 

[Whippy]

Thanks Pancho, I've been reading the forum for a couple or few days off and on so have checked it out but I appreciate the tip anyway, and the welcome!

I got one of those nipple grease sticks from CVA, I reckon it'll prolly be as good as anything else... In hindsight, tho, I think I wouldda preferred the goo that you apply with the fingers but oh well...this will be fine.

Now I have all the materials and knowledge I need to get started but have to wait till Saturday to go shooting!! Hurry up weekend!!:banghead:

 

[Pancho]

Make some smoke Whippy and smell the sulphur.

 

[Omnivore]

I've always used Thompson Center's Bore Butter on the nipple threads. Never had any trouble. Also use lots of goo on the cylinder axle. I give the whole gun a light coat of olive oil (recommended by someone else here) then while the cylinder and axel are still warm, I get as much bore butter as can be worked in between them. Never have I had a cylinder get stiff from fouling on my '51 Colt.

 

[Snaggletooth]

I get a beef heart from the slaughter house, boil it in enough water to cover it until its tender, take the heart out of the water, let the water cool. It leaves a white tallow on the top of the water that I skim off and preserve to make lube pills. The tallow around the heart seems to be slicker than tallow from any other part of the animal. The orignal recipe called for mutton tallow. The recipe is from England where sheep are mpre plentiful. I get Bees wax from a bee keeper . He gives it to me by the pound. I mix one third of tallow, one third bees wax and one third pound of parafin, I melt this together in a double boiler, make a mess in the kitchen, and my wife rewards me with hot tongue and cold sholder for dinner, I pour the mixture in a shallow pan and when it hardens I take a .45 casing and cut my lube pills. Before I pour the mixture in the pan I spray it with "Pam". I live in an area that the temps range from 0 to 100. These pills do not melt in the summer and I never have cylinder seisure. It works for me but I have nothing to do except try things that I want to do.

 

[anythingelse]

It works for me but I have nothing to do except try things that I want to do.

Hell yeah

 

[Misfire99]

It works for me but I have nothing to do except try things that I want to do.

I'm in the same situation but I just can't seem to do what I want to do anymore.

Do you think the Star Spangled Banner will help dear?

 

[sundance44s]

I`ve been useing the T/C antiseize for black powder ...for years , looks like a tube last a life time ..I even use it on the internals of my revolvers..this stuff works well in the fight against black powder fouling crud .

 

[Im283]

I have never used anything on the nipple threads. Am I missing something?

My original BP revolver, I never even removed the nipples for near twenty years and never encountered any trouble when I did take them out.
And for what its worth they were like new the first time I removed them. Well aside from normal wear and tear from the hammer hitting them when the gun was shot.

 

[Macmac]

Im283, Threads do not fit 100%, far from it, so there is air gap, which could be water gap. The idea of anti seize is to fill the gap. If water were trapped a long time rust would form and seize the nipples.

 

[scrat]

True what macmac said. using anitiseize is the best thing to do. i just use the standard gray stuff from permatex. i have a huge jar full of it. i purchased some 15-20 years ago. i mostly used it for automotive use. now it gets used for breech plugs and nipples.

 

[Mike 56]

+1 for the permatex antiseize i payed 2.00 for a tube at the parts house it probably will last me the rest of my life.

Mike