Whats up with these caps?
#11
bronko, find some RWS if you can... they are 1075's, should solve your problem.
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
should i polish enough off so the charge in the cap is on the nipple face?
SOMETHING ELSE TO CHECK: I assume we're talking about a sidelock here. You might want to pull the lock and check to make sure the internal screws are tight, and the moving parts are clean and lightly oiled. Loose screws in there will cause the action to drag, reducing the force of the hammer strike.
Last edited by Semisane; 11-13-2014 at 03:53 PM.
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 532
Don't do like I did once.. purchased some #10 caps at the store instead of #11. Same tin, same color, just a different number. Don't stores know that old men don't always carry their reading glasses? Good thing I have a black powder revolver that uses them caps. Then the other day I was looking through my pile of supplies and found six tins of Musket caps. I have two rifles that shot them. But the price tag on them... $3.99 a tin. They had to be old!!!
#15
Bullets did the same thing. For the longest time you couldn't get certain muzzleloader bullets. One reason I went back and cast my own. Just a crazy market out there.
#16
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Chautauqua Co. N.Y.
Posts: 93
Fixed
Thanks guys, i appreciate the interest. what i did was find a nut that fit the threads of the nipple and put it in a drill then i polished it down a little at a time until the charge was resting on the nipple face and keeping the nipple tight enough so i didnt have to worry about it in the woods. the gun is pefect now. i fired several caps with no more issues.Strange problem but im glad it happened now, we work too hard to get a deer in front of us to have a misfire. Good huntin' fellas.