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Thankyou, that's an excellent idea. I have plenty of tools and I do like the idea of keeping the original just in case.

Good advice. I'm thinking I need more oomph because I have 2 of these pistols. This one is very soft to cock and somewhat lazy to release compared with the other which does fire and has a very strong cocking action and really zaps down on the cap.

I've checked Dixie, nothing like it. Can't use shims either. Its a U shaped spring one end is put in tension by cocking the hammers, the other end of the spring works like a sear so the trigger releases the tension and fires the hammers. I think I need to heat it up and then open up the U, the...

I feel like the mainspring in one of my little percussion cap pistols need a bit more oomph to fire off the caps reliably. There is no way I'm going to find a replacement so I think I need to reset the one I have. I remember tempering spring steel back in high school but that is well over 50...

Havnt found your msg yet, still getting used to the layout on this board. I havn't looked at Dixie yet, I've been using Track of the Woolf for my BP rifles but they can't help with this. Where are you located ? I live in the Hawkesbury, Hill Billy country outside of Windsor.

Many thanks, I like the idea of a #10-32 screw, I might run a tap through the nipple hole too.

I'm new to this forum so hello from Australia. I'm looking for help to find a supply of very small diameter nipples for a pair of Louis-Phillippe style pistols I bought recently. The nipples have a thread diameter of 4.85 millimetres ( 0.191 inches) and so far I havn't found any close to that...