What size nipples for 2nd gen. 1860?

[will52100]

Got an unfired, but not unturned, second gen. 1860 Colt in my safe.  Been hankering to shoot it, but the nipples are pretty much junk, and whoever owned it in the past did a bit of dry firing.  Overall the revolver is nearly pristene, but if it won't shoot it's not much use to me.  I'd like to install Tresso nipples.  Will Uberti sized nipples fit?

Thanks

[Lefty Dude]

IIRC; Uberti

[will52100]

Thanks, I've got a spare set, that'll make life easy.

[Fingers McGee]

IIRC; Uberti

Correct.

[will52100]

They fit, almost.  Or I should say they fit until I caped it.  I couldn't get the hammer to go down enough to cycle the cylinder and had to pull the barrel to move the cylinder forward just enough to get the hammer down to cycle and install the barrel and pop the caps.  A few minutes at the belt grinder shortened the nipples just enough.

Anyway, it shot great, although about a foot high as expected.  Feels better in the hand with the slimmer grips than the Uberti's.  Very accurate with conicals, at least until it started to foul out.  Need to work on the trigger pull a little as well, it's breaking at 5 1/2 pounds.  Maybe open up the rear site just a bit.  Over all I'd rather shoot this than any of my Uberti's.

[Flint]

Another nipple that fits is the Ruger, though the wrench is different.