Nipple Wrenches?

[farmbif]

I never understood why they couldn't just nipples 6 point so a thin wall socket would fit like a grease zerk. I gave up trying to get them out of my 1851 pietta

[fastdadio]

I never understood why they couldn't just nipples 6 point so a thin wall socket would fit like a grease zerk. I gave up trying to get them out of my 1851 pietta

I have a .44 cal. smooth bore double barrel with 5/16" six point pattern nipples. Came with the gun. Never seen any others before or since. I like them a lot. I might be able to find a part number if I can find the manual that came with it.....?

[mazo kid]

I ruined 3 nipple wrenches trying to remove nipples from an original '58 Remington after the nipples had soaked in Kroil a couple of days. I made a wrench from a 1/4" drive deep socket, slotted it so it fit SNUG over the nipple, used a 1/4" impact driver, and they all came out easily. Before installing the new nipples (Lodgewood.com) I put a tiny bit of Anti Seize on the threads. The reason for replacing the original nipples is that they were battered. As others have stated, any grease on the screw threads will make future removal easy. And you don't need a 2 foot cheater bar to tighten parts, just snug them.

[Gtek]

Well the new wrench arrived today with two bits. the pistol fits really well on the 44's but a little drag OD and deep on 62'. I think I am going to get one more pistol bit and introduce it to lathe head and a stone, a couple knocked off OD and depth and it should be perfect.