Anyone make tools?

[BillKilgore]

I use a T handle range rod, but I will tie the rod handle to a solid post or tree, and pull the ball from behind the rifle, just grab on the gun in the wrist area and apply steady even reward pull, that way if something would go wrong your hand and you are to the back of the gun, and hopefully the blast and ball along with the rod goes into the place where you tied it off.

Exactly what I plan to do. I just need to find a cheap scrap of steel for the T.

 

[Aldarith]

A little more on standardizing nipples between different models and especially different manufacturers. The problem is twofold. First, both of them have to have the same thread size. Second, the shoulders have to match or you have to have different wrenches.

Zoli musket nipple threads have come in these sizes over the years: 5/16-18, a 5/16-20, 5/16-24 or an 8mm X 1 Musket nipple. Armisport Enfield Nipples are 8x1mm, so you MAY get real lucky, but you have to remove that nipple before you can check it.

Gus

Had a chance to look at both today - they both have 1/4" shoulders on em so a wrench of those dimensions would work.

The Zoli nipple screws into the Armisport but not the other way around.


I bought an inexpensive repro of a US musket tool online today just to have something on hand, but I would still like one of the triangle tools from the beginning of the thread!

 

[Artificer]

Had a chance to look at both today - they both have 1/4" shoulders on em so a wrench of those dimensions would work.

The Zoli nipple screws into the Armisport but not the other way around.


I bought an inexpensive repro of a US musket tool online today just to have something on hand, but I would still like one of the triangle tools from the beginning of the thread!

The problem with using the Y shaped tool is that it is difficult to get a good grip and keep it as you try to screw the nipple in or out. T shaped tools are MUCH more user friendly in this regard.

Gus

 

[hawkeye2]

The Zoli is 8mm and the Armisport is 5/16" then. No end to the troubles if you mix them up.

 

[rich pierce]

If anyone wants an elegant tool suitable for a British cased set, David Crisalli is the man to do it.

 

[MarkTK36thIL]

For anyone looking for the most authentic Confederate made screwdriver with cone wrench, shoot me a PM for his info.

He also makes 1:1 the best m1816+ J-tools and just did a top notch match of my m1824 Hall J-tool.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Make sure you make a muzzle guard for your rod . I made one similar with a long wood screw and a cylindrical centering guide just above the screw to stop the screw moving to the side of the ball and scratching the rifling , I used it occasionally for pulling balls , but mainly for getting cleaning cloth right to the bottom of the patent breach on my Uberti Hawken . If you are trying to remove a ball with powder behind it and something goes wrong ( not every ball it pulls will be your own ) T handles can remove fingers . A big plastic screwdriver handle may not be PC but it works .

It looks like his screw and rod are not lined up.
I can honestly say I wouldn't use that for any reason in a barrel of mine.