Question for all you smart guys... - The Firearms Forum

ryan_marine · 09-23-2006, 07:55 PM

I call it the drum... what the nipple screws in to... The piece between the barrel and the nipple... This is on a traditional muzzel loader.... Should it be tight to the barrel? I think that it should but my buddy and I were told it did not have to be... I think that it should be and also lined up with the hammer... Is some one blowing smoke up my rear or it is just a hold in my britches???

Thanks

Ray

22WRF · 09-23-2006, 09:25 PM

goes in tight but you may have to back off enough to line up so the hammer
strikes square on the nipple this is usally not more than a 1/4 turn

ryan_marine · 09-23-2006, 09:42 PM

This guy was saying as long at it made 2 complete turns after starting then line it up...

Ray

22WRF · 09-23-2006, 09:44 PM

What ever makes him happy I guess

I've got mine in then they stay lined up

polishshooter · 09-24-2006, 04:01 PM

I'm not really a percussion rifle guy, I'm more into flint and steel, and the only one I built with my son had the drum already attached.....BUT...

Dixie recommends "venting" the drum, usually by drilling a small relief hole (you'd have to read what they say, I'd have to look it up, I DIDN'T do it to my son's and it works fine, plus I've never had it off yet....)

...BUT maybe if it's not "tight" it's the same as venting???? Just a WAG....

09-23-2006, 07:55 PM	#1
ryan_marine Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 919	Question for all you smart guys... I call it the drum... what the nipple screws in to... The piece between the barrel and the nipple... This is on a traditional muzzel loader.... Should it be tight to the barrel? I think that it should but my buddy and I were told it did not have to be... I think that it should be and also lined up with the hammer... Is some one blowing smoke up my rear or it is just a hold in my britches??? Thanks Ray --> Last edited by ryan_marine; 09-23-2006 at 08:29 PM..

09-23-2006, 09:25 PM	#2
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,251	Re: Question for all you smart guys... goes in tight but you may have to back off enough to line up so the hammer strikes square on the nipple this is usally not more than a 1/4 turn __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel

09-23-2006, 09:42 PM	#3
ryan_marine Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 919	Re: Question for all you smart guys... This guy was saying as long at it made 2 complete turns after starting then line it up... Ray

09-23-2006, 09:44 PM	#4
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,251	Re: Question for all you smart guys... What ever makes him happy I guess I've got mine in then they stay lined up __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel

09-24-2006, 04:01 PM	#5
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,860	Re: Question for all you smart guys... I'm not really a percussion rifle guy, I'm more into flint and steel, and the only one I built with my son had the drum already attached.....BUT... Dixie recommends "venting" the drum, usually by drilling a small relief hole (you'd have to read what they say, I'd have to look it up, I DIDN'T do it to my son's and it works fine, plus I've never had it off yet....) ...BUT maybe if it's not "tight" it's the same as venting???? Just a WAG.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.