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LDBennett · 09-12-2009, 07:43 AM

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The nipple I called out before was NOT used in the gun as the threads are wrong. The nipple that came with the gun has a hole that is 0.039 inches. I found it loose buried in his "kit" of stuff. I did find I had some #11M caps but my friend was using #10's.

I looked at the American Pioneer Powder web site and they do not directly say to not use the sticks in a side lock so I sent them an email asking them about that. I will freely admit that not using Sticks in a side lock makes a lot of sense to me but I want to determine exactly why this gun won't shoot, not just "shotgun" it by changing everything.

Thanks for all the comments so far. I learned a lot!

LDBennett

09-12-2009, 07:43 AM	#8
LDBennett Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 5,719	Re: Rifle that will not fire ???? More details: The nipple I called out before was NOT used in the gun as the threads are wrong. The nipple that came with the gun has a hole that is 0.039 inches. I found it loose buried in his "kit" of stuff. I did find I had some #11M caps but my friend was using #10's. I looked at the American Pioneer Powder web site and they do not directly say to not use the sticks in a side lock so I sent them an email asking them about that. I will freely admit that not using Sticks in a side lock makes a lot of sense to me but I want to determine exactly why this gun won't shoot, not just "shotgun" it by changing everything. Thanks for all the comments so far. I learned a lot! LDBennett