Ruger Old Army with 209 shotgun primer nipples.

[Zulch]

Hola

Yes I bought it here. It's a Spanish made revolver. I live in the middle of a small town so no I can't shoot it here 'cos the neighbours will call the Cops and I'd get locked uo 

The only place you can shoot these legally in Spain is on approved licenced gun ranges. You can hunt with rifles and shotguns over private land with permission though.

That really doesn't sound so different than being in the states? 

[Necessaryevil]

I looked at that gunsmith's website. It's very good. I think I am going to contact him and see if he can make the nipples for a Colt. I think they would work to shoot rubber or wax bullets using a 209 primer only for propulsion. That would be a neat way to shoot in your garage or basement without burning any powder.

He does do them Dave, but you need a hammer a modified one with a "firing pin" set into it to set them off.

He does do them for the Remington replicas in both Pietta and Uberti marques, Colt pattern hammers, you'd have to ask him.

[Necessaryevil]

I looked at that gunsmith's website. It's very good. I think I am going to contact him and see if he can make the nipples for a Colt. I think they would work to shoot rubber or wax bullets using a 209 primer only for propulsion. That would be a neat way to shoot in your garage or basement without burning any powder.

I just had a look at Henry Krank in the UK, he does a replacement part pack for the Pietta "Colt" blank firer.

The hammer has a "firing pin" in it.

https://www.henrykrank.com/general-accessories-spares/spare-parts/blank-firer-spares/pietta-1851-colt-navy-1860-army-maintenance-kit-blue-for-blank-firer.html

[Zulch]

Cool. Thanks for the link Necessaryevil. 😊👍

[ShotgunDave]

Thanks for doing the legwork NE. Looks like I'd need one of his firing pin hammers and the nipples. That would be an easy swap. I suppose a guy could just dedicate one pistol to these parts, and always have a pistol ready for use.

[Zulch]

Thanks for doing the legwork NE. Looks like I'd need one of his firing pin hammers and the nipples. That would be an easy swap. I suppose a guy could just dedicate one pistol to these parts, and always have a pistol ready for use.

Yeah Dave, that sounds very logical and cool to me. 

[Necessaryevil]

Thanks for doing the legwork NE. Looks like I'd need one of his firing pin hammers and the nipples. That would be an easy swap. I suppose a guy could just dedicate one pistol to these parts, and always have a pistol ready for use.

No pasa nada, you're welcome.

As I say he DOES do the modified hammers for the Remmy replicas, I don't know if he does the modded hammers for the Colt replicas.

In any event it wouldn't be too difficult to get something like a set screw set into a spare hammer which is drilled and tapped by a local machine shop.

Alan Vickers told me that the 209 primers alone with no powder give nearly 500 feet per second with lead round ball.

[Captainkirk]

Now for the $60,000.00 question; are 209 shotgun primers as scarce as the others?

[Necessaryevil]

Now for the $60,000.00 question; are 209 shotgun primers as scarce as the others?

Well Capt'n that's something I can't help you with 

Here is Spain I have only managed to find ONE Armeria in the whole of the country that sells CCI 209's

They're very common and readily available in the UK so when a friend drives over for a visit, I'm going to get him to bring me a large quantity and some 777 powder.