Roaring Forties - ~ Black Powder Accessories & Supplies

The Durango Rod is Case Hardened Stainless with a comfortable wooden handle and a bore guide with an internal diameter to fit the rod - ¼”, 5/16” and 3/8”- to eliminate muzzle wear. Rods with rotating handles have 8-32 threads. Those of 3/16” (0.186”) diameter come in 10”, 16”, 36” or 44”, heavier ¼” rods in 36” or 44” lengths. Fixed handle ¼” diameter, 8-32 thread, rods come in 10”, 34” and 44; fixed handle 5/16” diameter, 10-32 thread, rods come in 34” and 44”. The best is never cheap.

The 5 section, 5/16” diameter, 10-32, ‘GI’ rod is worth mention. It too is ground finish, case hardened Stainless, (or Brass) it comes in 4 x 9” (plus male ¼-28 screw) rod sections and the handle section, 8-3/10” long. Loosing 1/5”+ to the bore guide the alternatives are 17”, 26”, 35” and 44”. The rotating handle may be fixed by inserting a 1/16” pin through both the handle and rod. A very high quality rod with an ugly handle.

Adapters are available to go from Imperial 8-32 & 10-32 to Metric or Parker Hale. Not only are these great rods but the range of imperial attachments in the normal calibres between .32 and .75 is also superior. 10-32 is a heavy duty thread specifically chosen to cope with the rigours of loading large calibre Black Powder guns.

There are a wide range of American tips made to fit their 8-32 & 10-32 threads

~ a ball puller with an integral hex section so you can extract your screw from the ball / bullet with a spanner,

and sized brass collars to fit .32, 36, 40, 45, 50,54, 58, 62, 69, & 75 Calibres..

Fouling scrapers are available in the same standard calibres for flat faced breeches can be easily shaped to fit a Nock’s breech.

There are a wide range of American tips made to fit their 8-32 & 10-32 threads

~ a ball puller with an integral hex section so you can extract your screw from the ball / bullet with a spanner,

and sized brass collars to fit .32, 36, 40, 45, 50,54, 58, 62, 69, & 75 Calibres..

Fouling scrapers are available in the same standard calibres for flat faced breeches can be easily shaped to fit a Nock’s breech.

Add button and cleaning Jags, patch pullers, worm puller s & bullet seaters, Nylon, Phosphor–bronze, Stainless and Tornado brushes and wool as well as cotton mops.Before leaving rods, for the duelling pistol or sporting gun:

These fit mt DIY rods in Hickory and black GRP can be tipped with a covered screw or a shotgun ram.

Ampco, a product of the the American Alloy manufacturer of that name, is used in rifle, pistol and musket/shotgun nipples and come in 40 sizes/thread variations.

Ampco is a tough copper based alloy, with a tensile strength of 118,000 psi for resisting repeated hammer blows, somewhat higher than most steels used in muzzleloading barrels. High thermal conductivity gives fast heat dissipation, reducing erosion, and the small base hole (28 mils / 0.028 inches, Pedersoli use 25 mils in their Beryllium nipples but they cost at least twice as much) reduces blowback and cap disintegration. These are very popular with Ruger owners, replacing hex with standard Nº. 11. I pop mine in the lathe and make the tops conical for quicker, easier capping. Good fit to replace .225” - 32 Original Colt and Remington nipples and Enfield 5/16 x 18. These fit Monkey Tails, in both No.11 and Top Hat.

Pyrodex users may need to increase the size of the base hole to achieve reliable ignition. Five vents are also available.

I have some of all three types of nipples for the Beaumont Adams (as originally manufactured by Adams, Callisher & Terry and Pryse & Redman) using one of the harder Ampco alloys.

With the increasingly high cost and rarity of good flint Agate flints are worth a mention because they can be resharpened on a diamond stone which is also available at a surprisingly low cost.

Ted Cash makes No 10/11 cappers in matt or shiny brass and German Silver for the Rifle (holding 75 caps) and the Curly (100) for revolvers, TC is no longer available. Cash Straight line come as Winged (12), 209 (12) but I prefer the Brass Pedersoli Remington (20), they also do them for Colt (20) and Zouave (approx 12) for musket caps without wings.

The Nipple Charger can be a very useful thing

to have in your pocket before you resort to

The Saf-T-unloader .

#5057 is the adapter for Flint, probably no longer necessary with the new, naturally more expensive, multi-purpose (without safety catch) version, although it is threaded to fit.

Cleaning Nock's breeches has given

me pause but this screw in nipple with syringe attached allows a good pump through. The standard sizes are

M6 x ,75mm; M6 x 1mm; 1/4 x 28 TPI; 5/16 x 18 TPI.

Finally, I can't leave this topic without suggesting that you cut your cleaning time in at least half by using Eezox, cold water and just a nylon brush.