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  • JimKim
    JimKim reacted to ETipp's post in the thread Ignition Woes with Like Like.
    I really do not know off of the top of my head, as to the proper size of hole in the nipple. I don’t have anything handy to measure mine...
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    JimKim replied to the thread Ignition Woes.
    It doesn't protrude into the bolster.
  • JimKim
    JimKim reacted to Gtrubicon's post in the thread Ignition Woes with Like Like.
    Have you checked to make sure you have the right nipple for your rifle? If your nipple is to long in the threads it can be an issue.
  • JimKim
    JimKim reacted to Ed C.'s post in the thread Ignition Woes with Like Like.
    At the risk of being repetitious I would do the following: Make sure the breech is clean. It may be reduced in diameter to about 3/8" in...
  • JimKim
    JimKim replied to the thread Ignition Woes.
    I hate to assume anything, but I assume mine is like this. I have a button type breech plug. I don't believe that would make much of a...
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  • JimKim
    JimKim replied to the thread Ignition Woes.
    A 1/32" drill slides through it. Should I drill it out with a 0.040" bit? When I clean, I use boiling water(I use a trough heater to...
  • JimKim
    JimKim reacted to ETipp's post in the thread Ignition Woes with Like Like.
    Did you check to ascertain the hole in the nipple is clear and of the proper size? If the nipple is not the proper size and/or...
  • JimKim
    JimKim posted the thread Ignition Woes in Percussion Rifles.
    I bought a CVA Hawken. I got it CHEAP. It took a good bit of tinkering to get it to shoot. At first the hammer was slow. That was easy...
  • JimKim
    JimKim replied to the thread Need to get rust out of my bore.
    My barrel had a really rough spot about halfway down. I had to use a mallet to pound a patched ball through that sesectioni thought it...
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