I have an 1860 Army, recently manufactured by the Colt company. I bought a Army Model nipple wrench from Cabelas. The wrench seems like it's too large to fit in the nipple well on the cylinder. This is my first blackpowder pistol and I really don't know if I bought the wrong wrench, or I'm doing something incorrectly. Thanks in advance for your advice.
ARMY NIPPLE WRENCH
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Smokin_Gun
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The Colt cone wrench is an L shape and a screwdriver type blade on the end. Should be a slotted spanner type wrench and fit snug enough to turm the nipple out while applying downward pressure. If it won't do that you have the wrong one. Look at a local gunshop that carries Black Powder products. Should fit a #11 cone/nipple. I just broke a cast one the other day. The best one to get is the one with a nurled brass thumb screw and nipple pick attached thereads into the wrench thur a holein the T handle and that handle slides oput to expidite threading the nipples. Hope that helps.
Cap n Ball
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I don't know what Cabelas return/echange policy is but you might take the cylinder and wrench along with your recipt and see if they will simply exchange the one you have for one that fits your cylinder. Then again, you might as well buy another revolver to fit your wrench. Once you get the BP bug you really can't have too many of these things. 
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