Who has NEVER had a misfire?

[jtmattison]

Just curious here. How many of y'all have NEVER had a misfire with a particular muzzleloader?
I have several Lyman muzzleloaders and I can honestly say I have never had a misfire with any of my percussion guns.
My flintlocks on the other hand have had a few but that is my fault.
Please share your experience like how many shots out of a muzzleloader with no misfires.

HD

 

[J.D.]

I can honestly say that I have never had a misfire when the gun discharged. :blah:

I have had misfires with both cap and flint guns, but I don't count how many rounds fired, or how many misfired.

I don't get very many, even with a flint gun in wet weather.

J.D.

 

[d.thomson]

I had a missfire with my T/C hawken last week but it was my fault. I droped it in the snow wile I was snow shoeing and bunny hunting. It's a perc Regards Fisher King.About 400 rounds through the gun since I got it.

 

[rabjr]

In a hunting situation? Never.

At the range I've had a miscue or two.

 

[renovato]

Well, for probably 20 years I could have said I had not had a misfire. My percussion guns always went bang. I had my first misfire when I got the handgonne a couple months back. I've since had two in my percussion revolvers. I think the handgonne broke my good luck streak. I've also gotten into flinters, so I'm sure there are more to come! :rotf:

 

[silverfox]

That is like asking if you ever dry balled or had to pull a ball. There are those that have and those that will.
Yes I have had misfires with both flint and percussion. Most explainable and some only the man upstairs knows.
The worst was with one of the (xxxxx) guns on a hunting trip I popped 4 caps the 5th worked and meat was on the table. That gun now resides out of sight in a corner would hate for anyone to go though what I did that day.
Like you question but if you have been in this long you will have misfires.
Fox :hatsoff:

 

[hawkeye1755]

Misfires? :hmm: OK, more than fingers on my hand.When i started with ML in the last century i had a lot of problems with my flintlocks.Wrong flints an so on.
But i have learned a lot and since the beginning of the new millennium i must honestly say only a few. :redface: But that were all my faults.
:hatsoff:

 

[Headhunter]

I don't care what ANYONE says, there are only two types.

Those that have, and those that will.

Headhunter

 

[Blizzard of '93]

Not me, I've had the odd one occassionaly with my BP revolvers and one with my rifle at the range (due to plugged up drum) but no hunting with either

 

[barebackjack]

Had lots while shooting pyrodex. :cursing: :shake:

Havent had a single one since switching to the real stuff. (knock on wood). :grin:

 

[bob1961]

hmmmm miss fires :hmm: i thought that was part of the game :rotf: ....yup had my share of them in wet weather when i needed it to go bang at a deer, but it fired good back at the car that night :cursing: ....it's hard to think of anyone not having one with a flinter even starting out as a newbie, ya got to learn the hard way and then know what not to do "right" after all it's the learning curve :v .............bob

 

[Gordon Horn]

I don't recall ever having a missfire with my Tennessee Perc. I had trouble with my Lyman GPR one day at the range, but it just needed a new nipple. So, yes, I've had miss fires, but it was my fault.

 

[bwhoffman]

Mis fires??? oh ya. all from error on my part, usually not wiping out the barrel prior to that first loading of the day, or using too wet of a wiper patch and not following up with a dry one and too much alchol in the wipe prior to that first shot of the day.
...and I dont store my guns with the nipple end down any longer!

like has been stated, either you have or your going to! that goes for dryballing as well. :grin:

 

[bucktales]

Had lots while shooting pyrodex. :cursing: :shake:

Havent had a single one since switching to the real stuff. (knock on wood). :grin:

Same here.

 

[blacksmithman64]

Shoot (not) I've had misfires with an M-16A2 and a M-60A3! :rotf: :rotf: My flinter's givin' me problems but it needs a new touch hole liner.(or at least thats my excuse this week!) Whats skeery is them misfires when yer shootin' a full size cannon!

 

[jeepwj992002]

The abomination misfired once. This past 4th of july I went to fire a blank load and all that fired was the primer. I figured it was the 4 year old pyrodex pellets. Good reason to make the switch if you ask me.

 

[jeepwj992002]

"I've had misfires with an M-16A2 and a M-60A3!"
Seen there done that! Get one speck of sand in an M-16A2 or M-4 for that matter and that is all she wrote! Now M-60 those were cause of breakage. 40 year old weapons do that some times.

 

[captgary]

One mis fire with the GPR, a bad cap. What a scarey feeling when it did not go boom, an even scareyer feeling takeing that cap off and pitching it.......

 

[catman]

In a hunting situation? Never.

At the range I've had a miscue or two.

Me too...

 

[Slake]

I have never had a misfire...a few caps that didn't want to participate...and I've dryballed more times than I'd like to admit...but no misfires