roa nipple wrench

[remshooter]

just bought what apears to be a mid 70's stainless roa , does not have nipple wrench . can a 1851 colt navy wrench work ? with its 2 sides? or does the origanal ruger wrench have 6 sides like the ruger nipples? TRied my reguler wrench but nipples are tight and didnot want to strip the flats on the nipples as they are short compared to a colt 1851 ,can a deep well socket be usd?

 

[Ruber]

The wrenches are pretty cheap...

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?p ... ber=842251

Not sure how much they are from Ruger

 

[mykeal]

Yes, the original Ruger nipple wrenches for the Old Army have a hexagonal socket to fit the hexagonal nipple base. The two-sided nipple wrench used on almost all other bp guns will NOT work on the Old Army.

A hex deep well socket will work.

 

[Coop]

Yes, the original Ruger nipple wrenches for the Old Army have a hexagonal socket to fit the hexagonal nipple base. The two-sided nipple wrench used on almost all other bp guns will NOT work on the Old Army.

A hex deep well socket will work.

You may have to grind down the OD of the socket (or hex socket screwdriver) to fit inside the ROA Cylinder nipple well.

Coop

 

[G2]

That Ruger supplied nipple wrench works OK.
I aquired a 3/16ths Hex Nut Driver and it works much better than the 90 degree bend Ruger thingee.
Control, Feel, just mo better. JMHO