Longest Hang Fires...

The longest I've had is maybe a half second...very rare ocurrence and usually occurs only if I don't clean up well after many shots--like Cooner said, you need constant maintenance to insure reliable performance.....an aside: if you shoot canons with 'cartridge loads', ie, foil or linen wrapped loads, you can get long hangfires--and you can get dangerous spark-holding debris left in the barrel after shooting that absolutely requires worming and water swabbing after each shot--it is not a bad habit with rifles as well...

 

[Osprey]

Cooner, thanks, the beeswax tip alone is worth the price of admission. :hatsoff:

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I remember once at first light I pulled a fine bead on a big buck in damp weather and squeezed the trigger and the hammer fell and the pan flashed like an old time photographer,but the main charge did not fire, now that deer walked about a half a mile down the trail crossed a creek, climbed up thru a pass and dropped into another drainage and had his way with a couple of does as I followed thru keeping the sights on him, and when the gun finaly went off just before sundown he had just stepped behind an eight inch Alder which took the ball dead center, some folks don't believe this happened but I saved a one foot long chunk of that tree with the hole in it as proof...

GOOD ONE TG!! :haha: Mind if I borrow that as a campfire tale?

 

[J.D.]

Thanks for those tips, Cooner. Never thought of ramming beeswax on top of the ball. Good idea.

No flames here. Everyone learns different ways of doing the same thing. Doesn't mean one is right and another wrong, just different. Sometimes we can learn a lot from people who are "different." :v :grin:

 

[tg]

Lots of good stuff there Cooner, the barrel down and lock under the arm is a biggy in my book, this prevents the water from running down the stock to the pan.

and Coyote Joe feel free to use anything I write or say, I do not copyright my BS....

 

[walruskid1]

love the story! i have been accused of being a stump shooter once or twice along the way.


the longest hang fire i had was with a cartridge rifle. it was a mas 49 in 7.5 french. i had some old syrian ammo that 1 out of 5 would fire. one shot i was reaching for the bolt when it went off. the muzzle was still pointed downrange. i buried the rest of the ammo in the backyard.

 

[OLD CROW]

GOOD ADVICE COONER,GOOD AS IT WAS 100+years ago. THANK=YOU FOR SHARING THOSE PERSONAL TIPS. CHEERS CROW :thumbsup:

 

[Lonegun1894]

thanks for the advice, Cooner, heard some of it before, but definitely not all. :hatsoff: :bow:

 

You are most welcome gentlemen. Good hunting to ya!!