Thread: Removing the Brunswick percussion nipple.

OK, I'm an idiot. What I thought to be the breech was actually noting more than the stock tang and it's supposed to be able to be removable. Because it wasn't moving before I assumed it was the breech that closed off the barrel. Then the barrel fell over, and the tang fell off. For a moment I was crushed thinking I'd destroyed the barrel. Now I realize that it's just the tang. All is well.

There's this degreaser sold by the gallon at walmart in a big purple jug. I soaked mine for about 2 days and it started to crumble the dried grease. Does the drum on your breech have a brass pin inside? Mine has a brass pin and it seems to be obstructing route from the nipple to the chamber.

I was unable to use a socket because the nipple was too close to the rear of the recess in the drum. That's why I had to go out and buy an open-end wrench for the job. Maybe you could find a 3/16" open-end, and enlarge the opening to fit your nipple.

Uh -oh!

A gap?? As if the patent breech were soldered in rather than screwed in? Pics would be good of this. And "the worm boiled out" ?

Ah, Thanks for the clarification! So it has a hooked breech set-up. I wondered about that but didn't think it likely. I remember my Dad rodding his pipe out, as you describe! R.

You might be able to get a 1/4" (or close-to) socket onto that nipple. Don't know what brass pin you are referring to, could it be you're seeing a plug in the side of the bolster similar to the platinum ones on old percussion shotguns? One theory for the platinum plugs was that it served as a safety release in the event of excess pressure. Technically speaking, the Brunswicks are a 'patent-breech' design &...

i had the same problem on my brunswick. i used a propane torch and heated the area around the nipple. then took a plastic handle of a screwdriver and gave the nipple a couple of sharp taps. did this a few timed and the nipple finall came out.heat it tap it. heat it tap it and so on.

What I have used is a spanner made for brake adjustors on old cars, this is closed spanner like a ring but square, it is double ended and the ends are tilted, I manage to get it on my rifles when I need a little more force than I can apply with the normal nipple key. Jim

There is a seam between the patent breech and the barrel, and heat will drive oil out of the seam. My Austrian musket has a small seam there, but not what I'd call a gap. Can you see daylight through the gap, or do you just see where the seam is? Cheers, Michael