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Question : I just noticed that my newly aquired Colt Army has 5 missing nipples , got it at Collectors Frirarms in Texas for around $1800 , they said nothing about missing cylinder nipples and when I wrote them back they only said that they cant help me and to look for parts on the Internet !! How nice of them
Anyone know where I can get ORIGINAL nipples for a 1861 mfg Colt Army revolver ?
hayes1966 High Master II
Joined: Dec 09, 2005
Posts: 2495
Location: Central Connecticut
Posted:
Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:32 pm
jeff4570 wrote:
Question : I just noticed that my newly aquired Colt Army has 5 missing nipples , got it at Collectors Frirarms in Texas for around $1800 , they said nothing about missing cylinder nipples and when I wrote them back they only said that they cant help me and to look for parts on the Internet !! How nice of them
Anyone know where I can get ORIGINAL nipples for a 1861 mfg Colt Army revolver ?
Ouch .. you would think for $1800 that they would be a little more helpfull.
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Well I found out that its 99.9% un-likely that I would ever see ORIGINAL nipples (in working order ) on an original Colt Army in anything but NRA Excellent condition , packed away in an attic for 100 years .
this is because the nipples are the first thing to deteriorate and are often replaced over time (I should have known that ) .
So I dont feel so bad replacing them with new replacements but Im still peed over the lack of customer service and poor attitude after shelling out $1800 ! They charged me $35 to ship the gun UPS Ground from Texas with no more wrapping but a little bubble plastic .
Ill remember that when I buy another piece from ANOTHER vendor .
hayes1966 High Master II
Joined: Dec 09, 2005
Posts: 2495
Location: Central Connecticut
Posted:
Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:23 am
Jeff
I would like to see a picture of that.
John
_________________ NRA Certified Instructor - Si vis pacem, para bellum - http://www.ct-permit.com NRA Life - Gun Owners of America - Connecticut Sportsmen Coalition - CCDL
I fired it this past weekend and it shoots just fine (didn't blow it up ) .
No picture of steel backstrap but the ser # matches .
Looks like maybe some small parts in trigger /firing mech may be replacements but I couldn't tell for sure .
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