My brother had two does within 10 yds of his blind, fired his CVA staghorn, the cap popped, but gun did not fire. Capped it again, squeezed trigger, same result. Any idea on what's up? Only details I know are that the gun shoots #11 percussion caps and he's using 100 gr of white hots. Any help would be appreciated.
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When I first started using a muzzel loader I had this happen....cost me the largest buck I've ever seen while hunting with it....so from then on, before I put the cap on the nipple ,I clean/pick the nipple,then fill it with fine grains of powder,then carefully press the cap over it....have never had a missfire again and that was about 1975.....
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Always pop a few caps through an empty rifle prior to loading. Point it at the ground when you do this and you can quickly see if you have a problem. Cap should blow dust/leaves around. If you leave it loaded over a weekend hunt don't take it indoors. Taking an ice cold rifle into a warm room is one of the biggest culprits. The cold barrel gets condensation on/in it and powder sucks it right up.
I will also load my rifle, cap it and then paint over the cap with clear nail polish. Keep it on half-cock is the same as keeping the safety on.
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When putting the breach plug back into any of the sidelocks, you need to make sure the flash channel is lined up from the bolster screw to the barrel opening. Otherwise all the cleaning in the world will not help if the fire can't get to the powder. I always shoot a cap after cleaning to make sure I get a good burn to my powder. Run a dry patch down the barrel with your ramrod. cap it and pull the trigger. Look at the rod and see if you get a good round burn in the patch. If so, load er up.
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