changing nipple size on Uberti 1860 Army?

[BullRunBear]

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know if nipples are available for a Uberti 1860 Army that take # 11 caps instead of the # 10 nipples that came on the gun? All my other percussion guns use # 11's and it would be nice to standardize. I know the trick about pinching the larger caps but with my sausage-style fingers it's difficult to do. Thanks for any information.

Regards, Jeff

 

[mykeal]

Yes, Treso nipples are sized for No. 11 caps, and they make them in many different thread specs.

I believe Ubertis take 12x28 threads, so the Treso part number is 11-50-16. Track of the Wolf calls it part no. PCC-A.

Before I spent the money I'd take one to the local hardware store and have them verify the thread size. I have two 1860 Army's, one Pietta and one Euroarms and both use a nipple with metric threads (6mmx0.75), but I'm pretty sure Uberti used the 12x28 on all but the Dragoons and the Walker.

 

[BullRunBear]

mykeal,

Thanks for the info. The order went onto TOW this morning (had to wait for that pesky central time zone thingie). I needed to get some of those good English flints anyhow.

This group is great!! It took all of about 2 minutes to get the answer to my query.

Regards, Jeff