Savage North/Navy - Page 2

sltm1 · August 12, 2010, 06:37 PM

Had to shoot my Savage Navy, just had ta!!! I started w/ 10g fff and moved right up to 20g on the second shot. I didn't have the right size rb's (too small), but a couple of sharp blows from a small hammer, spread them so that they filled the chamber well. Sort of a modified RNFP slug. The biggest problem was getting the caps to fit. Luckily I tried to cap all the chambers before loading, and found that only 2 were small enough to take a #11 cap (barely). pohill, you said ROA nipples share the same thread so I'm going to order a set that way I don't have to modify the originals. How'd she shoot? Straight and about as high as an out of the box 1860 Army, 5in at 20yds. I don't care, just shootin a piece of history made my day, hell, week!!

pohill · August 12, 2010, 09:35 PM

The ROA nipples are the right height to clear the topstrap. I'm not sure about the thread size - the nipples were already in my gun when I bought it, so I don't know how much the holes were modified.
I bumped up .380 balls with a hammer - a .390 would be perfect.
You were probably the only person on the planet shooting a Savage & North .36 today.

sltm1 · August 13, 2010, 09:48 AM

pohill, I got your post over on the voy forum and answered about the threads etc. there.

sltm1 · August 17, 2010, 10:19 AM

pohil, I ordered some original replacement nipples from Track Of The Wolf, they're made to fit original Colts and Remmies....maybe I'll get lucky. Do your chambers have a band cut in them approx 1/4 down from the top? Wonder if that was a visual aid for free pouring powder?

sltm1 · August 17, 2010, 01:38 PM

pohill, got the nipples today, right thread, perfect fit (no binding on frame), and take #11 caps. Cost $35.29, that included shipping.

August 12, 2010, 06:37 PM	#26
sltm1 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 353	Had to shoot my Savage Navy, just had ta!!! I started w/ 10g fff and moved right up to 20g on the second shot. I didn't have the right size rb's (too small), but a couple of sharp blows from a small hammer, spread them so that they filled the chamber well. Sort of a modified RNFP slug. The biggest problem was getting the caps to fit. Luckily I tried to cap all the chambers before loading, and found that only 2 were small enough to take a #11 cap (barely). pohill, you said ROA nipples share the same thread so I'm going to order a set that way I don't have to modify the originals. How'd she shoot? Straight and about as high as an out of the box 1860 Army, 5in at 20yds. I don't care, just shootin a piece of history made my day, hell, week!!

August 12, 2010, 09:35 PM	#27
pohill Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2005 Location: northeast Posts: 521	The ROA nipples are the right height to clear the topstrap. I'm not sure about the thread size - the nipples were already in my gun when I bought it, so I don't know how much the holes were modified. I bumped up .380 balls with a hammer - a .390 would be perfect. You were probably the only person on the planet shooting a Savage & North .36 today.

August 13, 2010, 09:48 AM	#28
sltm1 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 353	pohill, I got your post over on the voy forum and answered about the threads etc. there.

August 17, 2010, 10:19 AM	#29
sltm1 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 353	pohil, I ordered some original replacement nipples from Track Of The Wolf, they're made to fit original Colts and Remmies....maybe I'll get lucky. Do your chambers have a band cut in them approx 1/4 down from the top? Wonder if that was a visual aid for free pouring powder?

August 17, 2010, 01:38 PM	#30
sltm1 Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2009 Location: Idaho Posts: 353	pohill, got the nipples today, right thread, perfect fit (no binding on frame), and take #11 caps. Cost $35.29, that included shipping.