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300wbymann
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well my hunt is over- it was fun, seen lots of bucks, should have killed a dandy, and ended up killing just a decent 3 point.
I appreciate all the help I received on here about bullets and such.
But to get to the point- I HAD SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY MUZZY!
I never had a problem with misfires while practicing at home- But it first started on Monday. I had belly crawled to 70 yards a a big buck,175 with a Giant frame, bedded down. All was perfect, I laid down and pulled the trigger. POP! the primer goes off but not the powder. The buck stands up and I get another musket cap on.Pull the trigger, CLICK- nothing, ##### it and pull it again- POP! primer goes off but doesn't ignite the powder. Now the deer run away.
I was PISSED! we go back to camp and I put 2 more musket caps through it before it shot. I assumed my powder got wet, so I pulled the nipple and plug out a cleaned it real good. Put it together and popped a cap then loaded it again.
we hunted the whole next day and returned to camp after dark. For chits and giggles I figured I'd shoot it in the dark to make sure all was good.- NOPE!! first pull, POP- load another, CLICK- ##### it again, POP! load another, click, re-#####- BANG!
this time I went in and switched the nipple to shoot #11 primers. I loaded it 7 times in the dark and it shot the first time after that. SO ALL IS WELL RIGHT?
next morning, in the dark at camp, I shot it- BOOM, perfect! reloaded it and off I went.
I had a bad feeling about noon and decided I just couldn't trust that gun and so I went to camp, loaded my wifes muzzy and hunted with it for the duration.
well fast forward to killing my buck- all went great with my wifes muzzy. I reloaded it before I walked up to the buck but it wasn't needed.
After I got to camp with the buck all taken care of, I needed to unload BOTH muzzy's.
I shot my wife's- BOOM! perfect.
I shot mine- CLICK, RE-##### it, POP, put another #11 on it, CLICK, re-##### it BOOM!
UNBELIEVABLE! Had I not got a bad feeling and switched guns, the same thing would have happened on this buck!
So, With my gun I used Musket caps AND #11 primers, Both misfired. As far as conditions, the last day and a half both muzzy's were in the same elements and my wifes had no problems whatsoever.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be the problem?
At this point I'm VERY frustrated and basically have my mind set on selling my Muzzy. This hunt took 11 years to draw and either my muzzy, or my stupidity for not shooting the gun enough to see the problem sooner( which I shot it over 50 times)made the hunt less than the great time it should have been.
any ideas?
I appreciate all the help I received on here about bullets and such.
But to get to the point- I HAD SOME MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY MUZZY!
I never had a problem with misfires while practicing at home- But it first started on Monday. I had belly crawled to 70 yards a a big buck,175 with a Giant frame, bedded down. All was perfect, I laid down and pulled the trigger. POP! the primer goes off but not the powder. The buck stands up and I get another musket cap on.Pull the trigger, CLICK- nothing, ##### it and pull it again- POP! primer goes off but doesn't ignite the powder. Now the deer run away.
I was PISSED! we go back to camp and I put 2 more musket caps through it before it shot. I assumed my powder got wet, so I pulled the nipple and plug out a cleaned it real good. Put it together and popped a cap then loaded it again.
we hunted the whole next day and returned to camp after dark. For chits and giggles I figured I'd shoot it in the dark to make sure all was good.- NOPE!! first pull, POP- load another, CLICK- ##### it again, POP! load another, click, re-#####- BANG!
this time I went in and switched the nipple to shoot #11 primers. I loaded it 7 times in the dark and it shot the first time after that. SO ALL IS WELL RIGHT?
next morning, in the dark at camp, I shot it- BOOM, perfect! reloaded it and off I went.
I had a bad feeling about noon and decided I just couldn't trust that gun and so I went to camp, loaded my wifes muzzy and hunted with it for the duration.
well fast forward to killing my buck- all went great with my wifes muzzy. I reloaded it before I walked up to the buck but it wasn't needed.
After I got to camp with the buck all taken care of, I needed to unload BOTH muzzy's.
I shot my wife's- BOOM! perfect.
I shot mine- CLICK, RE-##### it, POP, put another #11 on it, CLICK, re-##### it BOOM!
UNBELIEVABLE! Had I not got a bad feeling and switched guns, the same thing would have happened on this buck!
So, With my gun I used Musket caps AND #11 primers, Both misfired. As far as conditions, the last day and a half both muzzy's were in the same elements and my wifes had no problems whatsoever.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be the problem?
At this point I'm VERY frustrated and basically have my mind set on selling my Muzzy. This hunt took 11 years to draw and either my muzzy, or my stupidity for not shooting the gun enough to see the problem sooner( which I shot it over 50 times)made the hunt less than the great time it should have been.
any ideas?