OK My Fellow SHOTS.......What is this??

[Paladin UK]

OK My Fellow SHOTS.......What is this??


It is fer sale on EBay... Black Powder Drum and Nipple???
I jest cant see what it is supposed to do!!

Here is the EBay page...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-POWDER-DRUM-NIPPLE-B-/150754399527?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2319a99527

Paladin (Whut needs ta know  ) UK

[hellgate]

It looks like it is the part that screws into the side of the breech on a sidelock.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

To convert a flintlock to percussion all you have to do is drill out the flinter's touchhole and thread it  for that little gizmo.  Remove the flint cock and replace it with a percussion style hammer and "Robert's yer Fathers Brother".

Often cheap reproduction percussion arms are made that way from the get-go; - savin' money!

Phil;  do you have a flintlock that needs modernizing

[Paladin UK]

Thanks fer enlightening me Pards  

From SC...

Phil;  do you have a flintlock that needs modernizing

If only Carl!! if only    .......Going to Bisley in May and I might jest treat meownself to a Customs Flintlock Pistola

Paladin (What needs a flinter fer his collection  ) UK

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Thanks fer enlightening me Pards  

From SC...
If only Carl!! if only    .......Going to Bisley in May and I might jest treat meownself to a Customs Flintlock Pistola

Paladin (What needs a flinter fer his collection  ) UK

Get a matched pair, and go to the movies;  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/

[litl rooster]

CVA used them in their Kentucky Rile/pistol kits