Ignition problem with a Ruger Old Army

[tacfoley]

Who knew that a request for information would take that left hand turn! Anyway, to get back to my original question, when people say "fettling the nipples" what do they exactly mean? I am fairly certain that the hammer is still working as it should and that the nipples are the correct Ruger originals (they have the original nut type configuration, rather than the Colt type key. As an aside, does anyone else consider the Ruger nipple key that came with the Old Army the worst thing they make? I know I do. Talk about rounding them off!) So I really need to know what to do with the nipples to get this working again. I have bought a yoga mat and will be stamping out my own wads soon as per Steve's suggestion. Do you use any type of lube on those wads Steve? I am going to be doing some intensive testing bullet vs ball as soon as I sort the reliability issue out.
I look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Dave

Yup. Don't be busting that hammer - there are positively no more.

tac

[tacfoley]

'kay, Gentlemen - ONE set of nipples left and TWO wrenches - get'em while you can.

tac

[weebeestie]

Nipples for me please.

[tacfoley]

...and that's all folks....

tac

[lostcat]

Bit late to chip in but, You may find CCI are made from a thicker copper makig them a little tougher.
The gap that prevents nipple damage does not help.
The coil spring design seems a little less snappy than Remingtn or R & S.
That and an oversize nipple should be enough to need a few hits before ignition.
Batches vary too,getting good reliability is part of muzzle loading but is acheivable.

[tacfoley]

CCI = Okay, but nothing special.

Remington = more reliable for the reasons in the post above.

RWS = Best of them all - buy ALL that you can.

tac