JimKim

Since I started leaning the rifle to the right side and tapping the butt with my heel or toe, when I charge the barrel, it hasn't...

CVA sidelock percussion barrels have the breech plug drilled and threaded once it's installed in the barrel, for the drum. Once the drum...

Make sure your hammer is on half cock. That way when you ram the ball home, it forces air through the nipple and carries powder into the...

Sounds like some crud in the flash channel or rust ,give a good flush pumping and run a pipe cleaner in it with rubbing alcohol before...

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switch to 3f powder

Yep, been doing that since I began in the early 80’s. Between that and snapping a cap after cleaning and prior to loading, I don’t have...

Tap the side of the rifle with the heal of your hand a few times after dumping the powder in before the patch and ball to get it to...

That is telling you that you have some sort of restriction or build up of crud in your breech plug or bolster. 3f may give better...

Jim, those like Ed C. telling you that you have some kind of flash channel constriction, sound like they are on the right track to me...

Thank you for your help.

The cap pops every time. No, the first shot does not go off every time, unless I manually pour powder in the bolster. I just tried it...

First thing I'd do is try a different cap or a different lot of the CCI. Next a different nipple. Could also try spit for lube as a...

Try putting a powder charge down the barrel as you normally would do, pull the nipple and see if you have any powder in your bolster.

That's interesting. A patent style breech and a drum. Mine has the flat bottom breech, but either way there should be powder in the...