Nipple size?

[rusticbob]

I just bought my first percussion revolver! All ready to start down another rabbit hole I guess. It’s a Pietta 58 Remington model. I have read some threads and many people change the stock nopales out. Is that necessary? Is a new, unfixed stock model.
And does anyone know the proper nipple size for the Pietta .44?

 

[Uncle Miltie]

See how it performs before you start swapping parts.

 

[bang]

If it shoots leave it alone.
Check out Track of the Wolf. They have a very good selection and use description.

 

[Erwan]

Shoot them, there are good enough, and for replacement, the size is M6x75 standard (in millimeters) not expensive in packs of six nipples...

 

[Stantheman86]

Pietta has good factory nipples because they fit pretty much any cap . You can pinch CCI #11, Remington 10s will fit , RWS 1075 will fit.

If you find that you are just using CCI #11 like many people, it may be worth getting Track of the Wolf nipples sized for CCI #11

I have Piettas that have stock nipples and I shoot them all the time, if they work they work

 

[Kansas Jake]

I agree with if it isn’t broke don’t fix it. I too have several Pietas using stock nipples without problems.

 

[sheriff john]

Old guy suggestion - go ahead and obtain a set (6) of the exactly identical replacement nipples AND a perfectly-fitting nipple wrench now, while you know what is needed. Keep them in the factory box. Sooner or later, you'll be glad you did both. Trying to find a replacement nipple or that perfect wrench when "something" happens can be both frustrating and needlessly costly.

 

[snakedoctor690]

Slixshot make great nipples that fit the #11 caps perfectly they also make a nipple wrench that I highly recommend

 

[Pete453]

You should be fine with the factory nipples in your Remington, the Remingtons generally have less cap problems. As said, shoot it first, change them if you need to. I had an issue with mine years ago, changed them out with traditions nipples and never looked back.
As Snakedoctor said, Slixshots are everything they're claimed to be.

 

[rusticbob]

Well, I should have read Pete453 before I bought the Slickshot nipples. They DoNot work with CCI #10 caps! I have a full case of #10’s, so I have to use the stock Pietta nipples anyway. I will keep the Slickshots at $40.00 for 6 because I may find some #11’s someday. Slickshots nipple wrench is first class, should last forever.

 

[45D]

CCI #10's are too small for most anything. This is why you can't say just 10's or 11's . . .

CCI 11's are comparable with Remington 10's and RWS 1075's .
I know nobody has ever heard this before . . .

Mike

 

[snakedoctor690]

You sure you have CCI #10s? From my experience they don't fit the stock nipples either. Mike help me out here but the CCI #10s if I recall fit the little 31s but not much else

 

[rusticbob]

The CCI #10’s fit and go bang on the stock Pietta nipples. I also have used them on my T/C rifles with no problem, they certainly do not fall off.