dinorocks, i'm not trying to hijack your thread, more i'm just conveying my experiences as we have the same rifle. Sounds like you are having the same troubles as I am (was). One other tip I can share is after cleaning my bore I use a can of computer keyboard cleaner and blow into the touch hole. This is just an extra precaution to guarantee no gunk has entered the patent breech. Last year I had a lot of problems with gunk jamming the patent breech and causing non-ignitions (too wet of a cleaning patch). I now have learned to use a very minimal amount of Murph's mix on my patch, then run a dry patch, then blow out the touch hole. This along with careful priming of the flash pan as I outlined above about guarantee's a perfect ignition. I also will wipe the frizzen and flint with some alcohol after like 5 shots.
