sometimes it just seems that it was meant to be.I figured that was a case of god saying 'yeah my bad, your shot should have made it, here is the easy shot.'
sometimes it just seems that it was meant to be.I figured that was a case of god saying 'yeah my bad, your shot should have made it, here is the easy shot.'
Remington caps were notorious for doing that in the early to mid 80's. I had a tin with 30 or so caps that did that. Never bought another Remington cap in the last 40 years.What’s the strangest thing that has happened with you and your muzzleloader? I’m going to say for me it was at the range. Was all loaded up and capped. Trigger pulled, no bang. To my amazement the primer for the cap had been knocked out of the cap and sat on the nipple. Never before or since has that happened.
I had the same thing happen with some old free caps that I had received.
The primer came loose, and blocked the fire channel through the nipple, without me noticing it.
Two caps later, I saw what was happening.
Cleared the channel, and it fired like it should.
A cowboy shooter gave me the bag full of tins of old Remington caps, with a warning that there might be issues.Remington caps were notorious for doing that in the early to mid 80's. I had a tin with 30 or so caps that did that. Never bought another Remington cap in the last 40 years.
I think they forgot to glue them in, because I remember tiny priming compound hockey pucks rattling around in the tin with empty copper caps. Maybe check one of the cap making threads for what they use to secure the primer? I think I used the caps up in my ROA and have been using CCI (and flint) ever since.A cowboy shooter gave me the bag full of tins of old Remington caps, with a warning that there might be issues.
He was right.
These had the greenish charge inside.
Looks like it wasn't just my imagination...
So, can anything be done to improve their reliability?
Or, do I just use them for plinking?
I like that idea of a conical for a second shot. I use a prb and that 2nd one can be hard to load, though I may use a thinner patch in my block also.I shot at a deer, missed....35 yards, how I missed I don't know, I am pretty sharp with that rifle.
Looked at the deer looking at me, called over to the deer 'if you are still standing there when I get reloaded I am shooting you'.
Loaded again with a conical because that is my second shot due to load speed, bambi just kept looking at me chewing on grass, told her 'I am capping my rifle, last chance to flee'.
Popped off that shot and it was an instant dirt nap for that deer. Ate on her for the next 4 months. Didn't buy a meat box from the butcher that year. Second best deer I have ever taken. (Best was a juvenile. The hunting season was any deer and that deer was there and I am not a trophy hunter at all.)
I figured that was a case of god saying 'yeah my bad, your shot should have made it, here is the easy shot.'
Uhh, you might consider cutting back a little on the kinnikinnick, bro...Soon they all coalesced into the shape of a man that sparkled in the early morning dark, and then they “walked” away. Really happened...
It was really Donald Trump appearing to you to tell you to mend your ways.One time I got up super early to get to my turkey setup and there were lightning bugs all over the place. I was sitting there just half asleep and the lightning bugs started collecting together in a bunch. Soon they all coalesced into the shape of a man that sparkled in the early morning dark, and then they “walked” away. Really happened, but it was because I fell asleep and was dreaming. Weird though.
ease of loading is 100% the reason I use a Conical on my second and subsequent shots (although I must admit I have never needed a 3rd bullet....)I like that idea of a conical for a second shot. I use a prb and that 2nd one can be hard to load, though I may use a thinner patch in my block also.
You never nodded off in your setup before? I have had some of the most insane naps out in the field.Uhh, you might consider cutting back a little on the kinnikinnick, bro
woke up once with a family of deer looking at me from about 10 yards awayYou never nodded off in your setup before? I have had some of the most insane naps out in the field.
Naw they 3 of us now. Had it happen before.I wonder how often that happens? Now I know at least there’s two of us
I almost had one of them Tingles for real cheap back in the late 80's, but I hadn't heard of such a gun before and I was skeptical of the gun. Go figure eh?Shooting too late, right at dusk, I spilled a small amount of powder while priming the pan on a rifle I'd been working on. Gun fired and so did the spilled powder atop my shooting bench. Maybe a half-teaspoon full, but somehow it seemed like every grain of ffffg ignited as well as the rifle shot.
Singed the outside of my right hand and nearly caused me to fill my britches. Lesson learned.
Then there was this duck. I was mebbe twelve and Dad finally bought his first muzzle loading pistol - Tingle Model of 1960 percussion .40 caliber. We were the only people at the rifle range, but there was a trap shoot going on at the ranges up the hill. Nice sunny day and quite warm as I recall. Duck came flying towards us and my father (who taught aireal (sp?) gunnery in WW2 but only broke a game law on that day) put one hand on his left hip, raised that Tingle at the duck and fired.
Some "pictures" stick in your mind for an entire lifetime. That duck kinda/sorta collapsed in mid-air with a cloud of feathers floating towards us. "C'mon Johnny, we gotta go home." We did. Quick. Still have that pistol and another - both 3-digit serial numbers. Very accurate and lucky.
His single shot pistol was an interesting design. He had a long barrel version and a detachable butt stock to go with it. Pre-dated the Contender; they prob emulated his ideasI almost had one of them Tingles for real cheap back in the late 80's, but I hadn't heard of such a gun before and I was skeptical of the gun. Go figure eh?
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