FOR SALE Enfield musket nipple protector for Euroarms

[OldSmoky1967]

Hello, I am looking for a musket nipple protector to fit a Euroarms 2 band Enfield musket. I am not sure if all of those protectors are the same and want ot get the right one the first time. Does anyone know if they are the same? Or, which one will fit my musket? TIA

 

[Widows Son]

Is this what you mean? Snap Cap Nipple Protector for Muzzle Loading Enfield Arms and Snider

I have one and like it, but I had to replace the leather and use good contact cement.

 

[OldSmoky1967]

Is this what you mean? Snap Cap Nipple Protector for Muzzle Loading Enfield Arms and Snider

I have one and like it, but I had to replace the leather and use good contact cement.

I had one but it had rubber at the bottom instead of leather. It looks like if it has a square base it will work. TY!

 

[Widows Son]

Glad to help.
Just be advised that the leather pads are not very well glued to the copper base and will come off eventually. To improve it I used a thinner piece of leather and moulded it into the base recess then over the outside edge. I then used contact cement to glue thicker leather pads to the thin leather. Works fine.

 

[appalichian hunter]

Just take a minnie ball and make one, a few years back my dad while metal detecting near Antietam battle field found just such a protector. Soilder made and lost in the heat of battle perhaps.

 

[Widows Son]

Just to share this bit of historical trivia, these were called "snap caps" by HM War Department. They were a training aid to help troops practice their marksmanship fundamentals. They weren't nipple protectors. They were to protect the tumbler and sear mechanism inside the lock by cushioning the impact of the hammer on the nipple.

 

[OldSmoky1967]

Just to share this bit of historical trivia, these were called "snap caps" by HM War Department. They were a training aid to help troops practice their marksmanship fundamentals. They weren't nipple protectors. They were to protect the tumbler and sear mechanism inside the lock by cushioning the impact of the hammer on the nipple.

Cool factoid! Makes sense.

 

[Whitworth]

Just take a minnie ball and make one, a few years back my dad while metal detecting near Antietam battle field found just such a protector. Soilder made and lost in the heat of battle perhaps.

I dug one years ago on the Maryland Heights battleground. Took me a while to figure out what it was until I realized the misshapen nose fit perfectly into an Enfield hammer when placed on the nipple.

 

[Keyhole]

I use these lead ones, they fit both my authentic enfields and my replicas

https://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg6.htm