The boys are right. I had a blocked channel due too to much moisture on a swab. I pushed the fowling down into the breech plug and even if you dry patch after that it doesn't matter as you cannot get to the breech channel. So I swabbed both a wet then a dry, capped, and pop nothing. When that happens the best thing is to wait and keep on aiming because you never know what can happen. Once you have waited, pull out the breech plug and load, (never reuse the load) and inspect it. This is where my breechwas completely blocked. So some slovent and patches it was good to go and fired just fine after that. I make sure to keep a nipple pick or pipe cleaner with me and it does the job fine. I had a hangfire that scared the bitjesus out of me once. The cap went off and I waited, then as I started to unbolt the action BOOM! Luckly no one was hurt and the muzzle was in a safe direction downrange. Preventative cleaning and common sense are two big factors that will prevent any misfires or hangfires and alongwith proper loading techniques should not result in mishaps.