Plastikosmd
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I was inspired by a posting on another site about some nipple wear and figured it was time to service this pistol. This is the same maker who fabricated my 4 piece percussion and flintlock bench gun set. This is a .41 caliber. Everything I’ve read about the builder, it was not common for him to make pieces for sale for other people but as you’ll see further down I found some additional information and he made at least 10 of these pistols, thus there must’ve been some desire to sell.
I was beginning to get pelted with debris when shooting, through hole in the nipple was nearly a #50 drill size.
Nipple was a bit stuck so I slowed down, disassembled the gun so I could get it in a vise. I then cut a piece of rod as a wrench and tig welded it to an extension so I could use my mini impact m18 driver. Spun right out without a whimper, worth the hour of futzing.(if anyone needs to borrow, let me know!)
Nipple was 1/4x28 and thread portion was about 0.375 which is rather long. A bit of searching and I found whT I needed on TOTW site. I guess these longer nipples are designed for underhammer guns (which fits with his rifle fabrication)
During my googling, I searched for the pistol and found this:
Posting it so if others are looking come across this information.
A guns international had a listing for #7 of maybe 10?
Mine is #2.
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...stom--41-cal--percussion.cfm?gun_id=101234590
R.L. Morris Custom .41 Cal. Percussion
“Description:
We know very little about this gun and it's maker. It is a .41 caliber muzzle loading percussion pistol. As the gun is marked, it was made by R.L. Morris of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He regularly attended and participated in the gatherings at Friendship, and was always trying to come up with a better handgun. This is serial number 7, but we do not know the total number he manufactured. We do know that this is a very well made gun, and shows little wear. The hammer and trigger are very sculptured in design, and the trigger pull is light and crisp. An associate who knew Mr. Morris at Friendship estimated that he probably made no more than ten handguns like this. Definitely a unique piece.”
I was beginning to get pelted with debris when shooting, through hole in the nipple was nearly a #50 drill size.
Nipple was a bit stuck so I slowed down, disassembled the gun so I could get it in a vise. I then cut a piece of rod as a wrench and tig welded it to an extension so I could use my mini impact m18 driver. Spun right out without a whimper, worth the hour of futzing.(if anyone needs to borrow, let me know!)
Nipple was 1/4x28 and thread portion was about 0.375 which is rather long. A bit of searching and I found whT I needed on TOTW site. I guess these longer nipples are designed for underhammer guns (which fits with his rifle fabrication)
During my googling, I searched for the pistol and found this:
Posting it so if others are looking come across this information.
A guns international had a listing for #7 of maybe 10?
Mine is #2.
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...stom--41-cal--percussion.cfm?gun_id=101234590
R.L. Morris Custom .41 Cal. Percussion
“Description:
We know very little about this gun and it's maker. It is a .41 caliber muzzle loading percussion pistol. As the gun is marked, it was made by R.L. Morris of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He regularly attended and participated in the gatherings at Friendship, and was always trying to come up with a better handgun. This is serial number 7, but we do not know the total number he manufactured. We do know that this is a very well made gun, and shows little wear. The hammer and trigger are very sculptured in design, and the trigger pull is light and crisp. An associate who knew Mr. Morris at Friendship estimated that he probably made no more than ten handguns like this. Definitely a unique piece.”
