Percussion
1841 Mississippi Rifle Nipple
Also called cone, Nipples.
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Holds the percussion cap. Threads into the bolster or drum.
The reference
Documented on this arm
- 1841 Mississippi Rifle Nipple
Interchange
What a 1841 Mississippi Rifle nipple also fits
No interchange has been recorded for this part yet. Butch Schoeller writes these notes only from parts he has handled — a blank here means nothing has been checked, not that everything fits.
From the bench
Availability
Stock
No nipple for the 1841 Mississippi Rifle at the moment
Almost everything here is one of a kind, so it turns over item by item rather than in runs. A wanted listing is the reliable way to hear when the right one surfaces — and it is also what tells Butch which parts are worth making next.
Put it on the wanted board · Everything for the 1841 Mississippi Rifle
All 1841 Mississippi Rifle parts · Nipple across every arm · The percussion era