ENCOREMAN,

That explains it. The little finger on my spring was turned up and not making contact with the primer.

Thanks for your great reply. I'm looking forward to getting back into BP as its been better than 20 years since I was active in it.

BTW, I'm going to try my hand at taking coyotes with this gun since they are becoming a real problem in this area of Kentucky. A lot of livestock has fallen to them recently and we have several milk goats we show here. Would you recommend a good bullet/powder load to start with for taking coyotes out at say 150-200 yards? I was thinking a fairly lightweight sabot or maxi might do well.

Thanks again-

Mike