Guy La Pourqe
03-27-2018, 03:53 PM
Hey fellas.
I dunno about you but I get all my percussion pistol info off of the ol' Duelist on YouTube. One of his quirks I could never figure out was that he would cap his guns - then use a wooden dowel to push them onto the nipples harder. I also don't think he bothers with lube over the ball in the chambers. Perhaps he believes as I do - that chain fires are impossible from the front. I still do lube over the chambers to keep the fouling soft. Do I need too? As it is I can usually do about 30 rounds before my gun bungs up with fouling and stops working - then it's time to tear down and clean.
But lately I have started having failures to fire - and I notice that I can push the caps harder onto the nipples as Duelist does - and the misfires seem to go away. I can't explain why this has suddenly become a necessary step - I clean my guns spic and span and made sure the nipples were squeaky clean - shouldn't the caps just slide on with no issues? I replaced the factory nipples with bronze ones from Track Of The Wolf ages ago and I am still using them. Do they deform under constant use or something?
Have any of you guys experienced nipple problems like that?:bigsmyl2:
I dunno about you but I get all my percussion pistol info off of the ol' Duelist on YouTube. One of his quirks I could never figure out was that he would cap his guns - then use a wooden dowel to push them onto the nipples harder. I also don't think he bothers with lube over the ball in the chambers. Perhaps he believes as I do - that chain fires are impossible from the front. I still do lube over the chambers to keep the fouling soft. Do I need too? As it is I can usually do about 30 rounds before my gun bungs up with fouling and stops working - then it's time to tear down and clean.
But lately I have started having failures to fire - and I notice that I can push the caps harder onto the nipples as Duelist does - and the misfires seem to go away. I can't explain why this has suddenly become a necessary step - I clean my guns spic and span and made sure the nipples were squeaky clean - shouldn't the caps just slide on with no issues? I replaced the factory nipples with bronze ones from Track Of The Wolf ages ago and I am still using them. Do they deform under constant use or something?
Have any of you guys experienced nipple problems like that?:bigsmyl2: