Dry fire with 1858 Remington

[brpc]

What method is there to do practice dry fire with this type revolver?  I thought about doing it with the cylinder removed, but the weight differance is dramatic and I'm not sure if this wouldn't harm the hammer.

Anyone have a solution?

[mcwoodduck]

Get a 2nd set of nipples and use them.
Dry firing will hammer out the nipple and make it hard to get a cap on them.
Don't ask how I know   

[coyotejoe]

If your revolver is set up perfectly the hammer should bottom out in the frame recess a few thousandths short of touching the nipple.  But one can't expect perfection from a two hundred dollar revolver so the safest bet is to remove the nipples, which should be done every time you clean the gun anyhow.

[madcratebuilder]

What cj said.  Another thing to watch for on the Remmie replicas is the hammer not hitting the nipple square.  This is very prominent on the Pietta's, the hammer hits the top of the nipple and well peen it over very quick.