TallPine
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It's not a "hangfire" until it goes off. Until then it's just a dud.
Strange, I've never had a cartridge hangfire, just duds - mostly 22s but at least one 7.62*39. And I think one of 38/357 handloads didn't go off (must have been a bad primer).
Black powder is a different story: lot's of hangfires with that. Most likely because there is some moisture in the powder. Actually, the way that flintlocks work, they are almost a hangfire at every shot - spark/flash/boom!
Strange, I've never had a cartridge hangfire, just duds - mostly 22s but at least one 7.62*39. And I think one of 38/357 handloads didn't go off (must have been a bad primer).
Black powder is a different story: lot's of hangfires with that. Most likely because there is some moisture in the powder. Actually, the way that flintlocks work, they are almost a hangfire at every shot - spark/flash/boom!