bubba.50 said:you may have 'dry-balled'. the musket nipple may have screwed in too far & blocked the fire channel. if over-zealous cleanin' was involved you may have pushed oily crud into the 'combustion chamber' and/or fire channel.
I converted a .54 Renegade to use musket caps and now cannot get it to fire at all.
ShawnT said:Lefteye.
I agree with the above it sounds like the problem is in the Nipple and or patented breech. Make sure that the nipple is clear by looking though it.
There is a little trick that you can try at home to see if you get any flame to the breech, instead of looking for smoke from the muzzle. Put a clean dry patch on the jag and push that all the way down to the plug and Leave it there. Put a cap on the nipple, point in a safe direction, and pop it off. Caps do not have enough pressure to send the rod out of the bore, but safety is first. Then remove the rod and look at the patch. If it is burnt you can load and try shooting, if it is not burn keep working on it till it is burnt at home before going to the range. That will save you some time going back and forth to the range.
ThanksOkie Hog said:I converted a .54 Renegade to use musket caps and now cannot get it to fire at all.
What brand musket caps are you using? CCI manufactures special low powered "re-enactor" musket caps for skirmishes, etc. A few folks claimed to have been hurt using regular musket caps. Those "re-enactor" caps will not reliably ignite powder.
https://www.greentophuntfish.com/cci-4- ... 00-ct.html
You should not need a musket cap to make that rifle function reliably.
1. Clean the flame channel with a bristled pipe cleaner.
2. Lean the the rifle lock side down after loading and give the stock a couple whacks with your hand. That will allow powder to enter the flame channel.
lefteye said:I have CCI multiple use Four Wing Caps. Patches are not burnt. The nipple is clean. I will try pipe cleaners.
have CCI multiple use Four Wing Caps.
The "Multiple Use" CCI caps are the same as the "Reenactor caps". They have simply slapped a new label over the top of the old label. If you carefully peel off the top label, you will see the "for reenactor use" label underneath. At least I did on two cans that I peeled:
Idaholewis said:And last, When you dump your powder in make sure and hold the rifle up and 'tap tap tap' on the buttstock to 'settle' the powder in good, This will allow the powder to settle in the Snail (under the nipple) and in the fire channel good. I'm betting your problem is in the Patented breech/Powder chamber, Fire channel area, this area is easily overlooked, and i would say well over 90% of Hangfire issues. By looking at the Cut Away photo i posted above you can see what you are dealing with.
Okie Hog said:Ihave CCI multiple use Four Wing Caps.
Those are the weak re--enactor musket caps under a new name:
The "Multiple Use" CCI caps are the same as the "Reenactor caps". They have simply slapped a new label over the top of the old label. If you carefully peel off the top label, you will see the "for reenactor use" label underneath. At least I did on two cans that I peeled:
http://www.n-ssa.net/vbforum/showthread ... -Weak-caps
My recommendation:
Change the nipple back to a #11. Use the CCI/Winchester magnum cap.
triggerhappy243 said:a little too late for the fun, but I use actually boiling hot water to fraw up thru the snail and into the barrel.... draw it all the way up to the muzzle, then force the rod all the way down so the hot water screams out the nipple hole. I do this til the barrel is too hot to hold bare handed.
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