Firearms – Nipples and guards
Patent
1983-10-17
1985-05-28
Jordan, Charles T.
Firearms
Nipples and guards
F41C 2700
Patent
active
045191573
ABSTRACT:
A nipple for use in conjunction with firearms to permit passage of an ignition impetus to a propellant, especially those firearms which employ black powder and which use percussion caps to provide an ignition impetus, the nipple including an elongated body formed to accept a percussion cap on one end thereof in a conventional manner, the other end of the body, typically for threading into the breech of a rifle or the rear portion of a cylinder of a pistol and configured such that it extends into the propellant chamber. The portion of the body which extends into the propellant chamber has disposed therein vent means opening through walls thereof and into a longitudinal chamber which extends from the percussion cap holding end of the body to the opposite end thereof, the vent means being dimensioned such that the granular structure of the propellant precludes the entry thereof into the vent means, the ignition impetus created by the percussion cap being transported to the propellant via the longitudinal chamber and the vent means disposed in the body. The vent means can be configured as at least one slot or as a plurality of apertures.
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