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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: HoofsandWings on July 08, 2012, 03:55:10 PM

Title: Nipple versus cocking mechanism no contest. Nipple lost.
Post by: HoofsandWings on July 08, 2012, 03:55:10 PM: I found out much to my chagrin that you can unscrew the cocking/safety mechanism that when you pull the trigger, the nipple is crushed. :bash: This is on my knight BH.
I ordered a couple more just in case.
Title: Re: Nipple versus cocking mechanism no contest. Nipple lost.
Post by: Sabotloader on July 08, 2012, 07:30:38 PM: Quote from: HoofsandWings on July 08, 2012, 03:55:10 PM
I found out much to my chagrin that you can unscrew the cocking/safety mechanism that when you pull the trigger, the nipple is crushed. :bash: This is on my knight BH.
I ordered a couple more just in case.

THAT... is exactly why i do this when the rifle is not in use...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2FWhite%2520Lightening%2Flightningplunger.jpg&hash=0c7b21eae24c0ee485f77fde666cf9911a6ef8a0)

I use a hole punch to put a hole in a small piece of leather that is then placed on the nipple post... Keeps the hammer off the nipple...
Title: Re: Nipple versus cocking mechanism no contest. Nipple lost.
Post by: HoofsandWings on July 09, 2012, 04:23:07 PM: It happened during disassembly. Every couple of years, I take the muzzleloader apart and clean it.
Some of the parts were frozen. I had to put it in the vise and take a pipe wrench to them.
When I take it to the range in mid-September prior to deer and elk season, it should do fine.