Model12Win
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I shot my dad's brass frame Pietta .44 Colt Navy about 60 times, brand new gun, everything was going great. I was using a brand new tin of Remington #10 caps I got at Bass Pro a few days prior.
Well about the third shooting session out, the gun is now misfiring quite badly. The hammer is falling and making a dent on the caps, but for some reason, the caps aren't going off?? They were doing great but now this tin of caps are misfiring about half the time! FYI I am also using Goex FFFG and Crisco over Hornady .454 balls, which seem to fit great leaving a small lead ring when seated.
I even opened up a tin of CCI #10 caps and actually had some misfires with them to, what gives? I have been shooting in So. Illinois and it is quite humid here. My first thought was humidity had fouled the tin of caps after a couple days of exposure. Does this sound likely? Dropping the hammer on the caps again does not cause ignition.
I have cleaned the gun between shooting with Ballistol and made sure to get the nipples clean by using a safety pin to scrub them out etc. and used Breakfree powder blaster to degrease the cylinder. The issue is that the caps simply are not going off, but the other two days of shooting had 100% succesful ignitions with the Remington #10s. Just am not sure what is going on here!
I am at a complete and utter loss as to what to do. If someone, anyone knows how to help me, please do!
Well about the third shooting session out, the gun is now misfiring quite badly. The hammer is falling and making a dent on the caps, but for some reason, the caps aren't going off?? They were doing great but now this tin of caps are misfiring about half the time! FYI I am also using Goex FFFG and Crisco over Hornady .454 balls, which seem to fit great leaving a small lead ring when seated.
I even opened up a tin of CCI #10 caps and actually had some misfires with them to, what gives? I have been shooting in So. Illinois and it is quite humid here. My first thought was humidity had fouled the tin of caps after a couple days of exposure. Does this sound likely? Dropping the hammer on the caps again does not cause ignition.
I have cleaned the gun between shooting with Ballistol and made sure to get the nipples clean by using a safety pin to scrub them out etc. and used Breakfree powder blaster to degrease the cylinder. The issue is that the caps simply are not going off, but the other two days of shooting had 100% succesful ignitions with the Remington #10s. Just am not sure what is going on here!
I am at a complete and utter loss as to what to do. If someone, anyone knows how to help me, please do!