Hawkens nipple problem
#1
Hawkens nipple problem
I was doing my final site in tonight, on my third shot the nipple ends up being blown off the gun, ends up on the ground next to me. I tried to screw it back in, but the threads appear to be stripped on the gun.
Looking for suggestions on getting my gun working before thursday, local gun repair shop won't be able to look at it for 3 weeks. Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.
Rick C.
Looking for suggestions on getting my gun working before thursday, local gun repair shop won't be able to look at it for 3 weeks. Any thoughts or suggestions welcome.
Rick C.
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: canada
Posts: 257
do you have a european muzzleloader? the threading on my tc whitemountain carbine is exactly 1/4 28 national fine with a 85% fit. if you have a euro gun, it will prolly have m6x1 fine threading, which means its about .2362'' x 25.4tpi. if you are still using the original nipple, it will have that 25.4 tpi thread which you shouldnt mix with your newly tapped 28 tpi gun. the bright side is that you tapped you gun to the american standard nipple, not a euro thread so you can just go out and buy a nipple for a tc.
Last edited by dylan_b; 10-19-2010 at 06:10 PM.