colonialrob
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I took my Dragoon out to shoot it cap & ball style for the first time last week. I normally only shoot it with a conversion cylinder, but wanted to 'test' the c&b style.
On almost every cylinder load, one or more caps would not fire; on one cylinder, only three fired. A visual inspection made it appear the hammer was reaching the cap, and there were no obstructions noted anywhere, but three and four strikes with the hamer would not fire the caps. I even changed out the caps with no luck.
Just as something to check, I took the cylinder out, backed the nipples out about 3/4 a turn, and every cylinder fired. It was like the nipples are too short for the hammer to reach, although sometimes a given cylinder would fire. Anyhow, shooting it with the nipples loose was not something I would want to do regularly, but these are the nipples that came with the gun new.
I am probably going to get some after-market nipples, possibly Tresco, but I was wondering if it would be possible to put a tiny washer, or collar, under the nipples to lengthen them.
Anybody?
Colonial Rob
On almost every cylinder load, one or more caps would not fire; on one cylinder, only three fired. A visual inspection made it appear the hammer was reaching the cap, and there were no obstructions noted anywhere, but three and four strikes with the hamer would not fire the caps. I even changed out the caps with no luck.
Just as something to check, I took the cylinder out, backed the nipples out about 3/4 a turn, and every cylinder fired. It was like the nipples are too short for the hammer to reach, although sometimes a given cylinder would fire. Anyhow, shooting it with the nipples loose was not something I would want to do regularly, but these are the nipples that came with the gun new.
I am probably going to get some after-market nipples, possibly Tresco, but I was wondering if it would be possible to put a tiny washer, or collar, under the nipples to lengthen them.
Anybody?
Colonial Rob