so I went to the range today.
Nothing like a little fire & brimstone in a indoor range
Anyways, during one round I had a spent cap jam up the cylinder.
It was a bit hairy (I had cylinders still loaded), but I removed the barrel and cylinder to get it out.
While it was apart I cleaned up the arbor a bit as the cylinder wasn't rotating smoothly and the residue made getting the cylinder off the arbor a pita.
The next cylinder load I ran into problems.
the first shot fired fine. second was a pop and a LOT of sparks, almost like a sparkler.
Anyways, not sure what went wrong so I treated it like a misfire.
After verifying the gun did fire and the ball was not in the barrel I fired again.
Same thing. All of the remaining rounds were like that.
The only thing I can think of was bad powder. I was using pyrodex pellets.
only other thing is maybe I still had a little TC #13 on my hands after cleaning the arbor.
That doesnt seem too likely as I always keep a rag at the station to remove some of the grease and bp soot from my hands.
Anyone else experience something similar?
I'm probably the only one here that uses pellets in a pistol, but once my new powder measures come in I'm gonna switch to 777.
Nothing like a little fire & brimstone in a indoor range
Anyways, during one round I had a spent cap jam up the cylinder.
It was a bit hairy (I had cylinders still loaded), but I removed the barrel and cylinder to get it out.
While it was apart I cleaned up the arbor a bit as the cylinder wasn't rotating smoothly and the residue made getting the cylinder off the arbor a pita.
The next cylinder load I ran into problems.
the first shot fired fine. second was a pop and a LOT of sparks, almost like a sparkler.
Anyways, not sure what went wrong so I treated it like a misfire.
After verifying the gun did fire and the ball was not in the barrel I fired again.
Same thing. All of the remaining rounds were like that.
The only thing I can think of was bad powder. I was using pyrodex pellets.
only other thing is maybe I still had a little TC #13 on my hands after cleaning the arbor.
That doesnt seem too likely as I always keep a rag at the station to remove some of the grease and bp soot from my hands.
Anyone else experience something similar?
I'm probably the only one here that uses pellets in a pistol, but once my new powder measures come in I'm gonna switch to 777.