Bad caps and misfires

[roundball]

Dry firing caplocks is easy...next time you're in an auto parts store, pick up a little blister pack of 1/8" "rubber plug caps" that are used to slide onto the end of an open tube on a carbureator or something to seal it off.

They fit perfectly down onto a nipple and you can dry fire all day without damaging anything.

In addition, when you're traveling to or from your hunting spot with a loaded but uncapped ML, just slide one of these on and lower the hammer on it...seals out any possible moisture and even the most remotely extraneous ignition source.

 

[jrozelle]

If you "always" use the same brand of caps and they fit too tightly, you can chuck the nipple in a drill press very gently and use a file to "turn" it down so the caps will seat fully without forcing them on. Test the fit often. The cap should not fall off- but if it does, you can pinch it very slightly to prevent that.

 

[jdw276]

On my rifle I found that one of the screws that holds the hammer on the rifle....attaches the side plate through the rifle itself, was to long. The hammer when fired would actually rub the screw itself slowing down the hammer and not getting a good strike. Took the screw out, filed it a little shorter and Boom everytime now..