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Posted: 11/4/2011 12:18:17 PM EDT
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I have a new to me, nearly brand new Traditions 50cal BL Pwder rifle.
I fired, cleaned, fired 10 caps before I got a clear burn to the barrel(dust pile moved with cap going off) loaded with 40 units of pyrodex with a wad and fired with great success twice fully loaded with 45 units of Pyrodex a wad and a mini ball at target 100' away and fired with again, great successa took weapon out today. loaded as yesterday aimed fired, BANG,,no BOOM I assume hang fire, lay down weapon and walk away about 10 min cleaned firing hole, new cap, aim, BANG,,no boom, repeat 3 more times  now what? (besides pulling bullet etc, gingerly
why the issue powder dry, rifle dry, powder new, caps new.. HELP>.... and maybe I should get some black powder instead of pyrodex as recomended in another post |
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sounds like you "dry balled" it Chef, you know how to check for that I presume?, you might take the nipple off and if you have access to some 4F powder dribble a as much as you can down into the breech and clear the ball, nope, got a full charge of powder, checked and double checked.. powder, wad, ball..if that is what you're thinkin! being my entire second time,, I was ultra careful..and very fustrated by the brass tube style powder flask..very difficult to get the powder to shake out into the measureing tube. |
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if I read this correctly you have a wad over 40 gr of Pyrodex?....it may be possible that the wad is covering the hole in the bolster/breech and not allowing the cap to ignite that main charge. so, I dont need to patch a miniball do I 
 dumbass
if it is truly a minie ball with a hollow base ....no you don't, however a minie ball is probably not the best choice of projectile, the old round ball has worked for a couple hundred years quite well. especially while getting the fundamentals of load development, you will probably have to pull the ball on this one, i wouldn't recommend trying to remove the breech plug to clear the load, that would be a LAST resort, there are kind of specific tools and procedures for that . |
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ok
pulled the ball the patch I used was the gunbutter brand and it appears to have gotten the powder damp,,,like I said above, dumb ass cleaned it out, blew it out, dried it out..add powder and a paper patch, cap'd it and BANG KaBoom...as it should shot a dozen rounds today, Accurate rifle...50 cal destroys a gal jug of water at 80yrds 
I have a new sickness.....dammit
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ok pulled the ball the patch I used was the gunbutter brand and it appears to have gotten the powder damp,,,like I said above, dumb ass cleaned it out, blew it out, dried it out..add powder and a paper patch, cap'd it and BANG KaBoom...as it should shot a dozen rounds today, Accurate rifle...50 cal destroys a gal jug of water at 80yrds
I have a new sickness.....dammit
[/quGlad you got it going....the REAL sickness starts with a rock in the lock.....lol |
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