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Posted by B/P Guy on 7/8/2008, 11:22 pm, in reply to "miss fire"
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: I hope somebody can help me out. My 54cal
: would not fire at all this weekend. I
: haven't shot it in a couple of years but it
: was cleaned good before putting it away. I
: shot a couple of caps through it before
: loading it. The first round went off fine
: but the second round wouldn't go at all
: tried several no 11 caps. Removed the ball
: and cleaned it with hot water and solution.
: I was thinking it was bad powder put new
: powder in it and tried a different brand
: caps the first round agian went off great.
: the next one had to use several caps finaly
: went off. Cleaned it and put it away
: frustrated. I neaver had this problem
: before. I think it is bad caps. I just used
: what I had opened before a couple years ago.
: Any ideas would be great.
:Sounds like the brand of caps you are useing are pluging the flash hole with trash ..You didn`t say what brand you were useing , but you did express they might be bad ..you might be right ...I would also suggest getting a nipple pick if you don`t have one ..try picking the flash hole with a nipple pick before loading , and always load with your hammer in the half cock ..so as you seat the ball , the excapeing air has somewhere to go , this will help too . your powder charge will be closer to the flash , instead of being held back because of trapped air .
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