RE: Call me a conservationist.....
When i saw this post I thought asked myself if you ran a couple caps through before you loaded. I saw someone else say to run 3 caps with a patch in the bore and look for burn marks. I kind of do the same thing except when i run my cap through, I'll usualy point it at the ground toward a leaf or some dirt. The percussionof the cap alone should make dirt or a leaf move. You can also hear a distinct difference between a cap that is firing though and a cap that is firing into a plug.Almost always after cleaning you can tell the difference in soundbetween the 1st and 2nd cap shot on those older cap lock guns. The 1st shot always seems to blow anything out of there.