Navy Arms musket caps

cayuga said:

It might be the tight fit of the nipple to the top hat. Something to try.. put the musket cap on and then really push down hard on it. See if that don't make it fire on the first shot. This is a guess now... either the first hit is setting the cap, or you might have a weak hammer spring. I have a #11 rifle that does the same thing. I have tried a brand new nipple and it still does the same thing. Its an old rifle, so I suspect the spring is weak.

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dbowling said:

I took a small screwdriver and pushed on it(cap) as hard as I can to seat it and still does it, the gun is a inline my .54 BK and it fires newer style musket caps 1st shot everytime, will have to screw with it some more..

Well went back and got my other Black Knight out and tried the Navy Arms caps in it and they fire everytime just like the CCI`s so your assessment of a weak spring was correct..thanks for the help.

cayuga said:

It might be the tight fit of the nipple to the top hat. Something to try.. put the musket cap on and then really push down hard on it. See if that don't make it fire on the first shot. This is a guess now... either the first hit is setting the cap, or you might have a weak hammer spring. I have a #11 rifle that does the same thing. I have tried a brand new nipple and it still does the same thing. Its an old rifle, so I suspect the spring is weak.

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