I'm still very green to the whole black powder shooting. I got my first pistol for Christmas this year. I have fired it about 20 times and decided to take it hunting yesterday. So I loaded it up at the house and started through the woods. While walking along a creek I came up on a beautiful (had to be at least three foot) stump. At about 20 yards I levels off and squeezed the trigger..."fizzle" and what looked like a roman candle shot out of the barrel. I removed the cylinder to make sure the barrel was clear, reassembled and tried again. Boom!.. Boom...fizzle. again cleared the gun and tried again.
Out of the six rounds, three failed to fire properly. I'm wondering if while loading, the oil from the wad between the bullet and the powder could have fouled the charge. If so, what is the proper way to seat the bullet? Should there be an air gap or should the whole cylinder be packed tight. I think in seating the bullet I may be squeezing some oil from the wad and fouling the power.
Thanks, -B-
Out of the six rounds, three failed to fire properly. I'm wondering if while loading, the oil from the wad between the bullet and the powder could have fouled the charge. If so, what is the proper way to seat the bullet? Should there be an air gap or should the whole cylinder be packed tight. I think in seating the bullet I may be squeezing some oil from the wad and fouling the power.
Thanks, -B-