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Offline jdb

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musket cap failure
« on: August 11, 2008, 01:12:33 PM »
I tried switching to musket caps on my t/c hawkin, they for some reason would not fire and the first try? always on the second but never the first. any ideas? JB
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Re: musket cap failure
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2008, 01:22:45 PM »
Check for clearance between the hammer and the nipple when fired.  There shouldn’t be any or very little.  If there is you may need a longer nipple.  I’ve also heard that some nipples work better if they are sharpened to a bit of an edge.

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Re: musket cap failure
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2008, 03:40:10 PM »
JDB, whos nipple are you using? When I changed mine over ,also a TC hawken, I was having the same problem. What I found was only the TC musket nipples would work, never had good luck with the no name stuff.


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