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    Safety Question

    Ok. I may need to experiment with different brands of caps. Thank you.
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    Safety Question

    I was curious how people carry a percussion cap rifle while hunting. With my flintlocks I carry at half cock while stalking or sitting. Is it safe to put a cap on your nipple and carry it that way while hunting? If I have a cap on the nipple and the hammer is at half cock then I think the...
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    Misfire question

    Thank you for the advise. I just placed an order for some other things from Dixie Gun Works and wish I would have ordered a new nipple too. Oh well. I will mess around with different caps as well. I did notice that I had some spent caps on the hammer at one point. I’ll keep an eye on that too...
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    Misfire question

    So, I’ve always had flintlocks and happened to pick up a percussion rifle. I was under, I suppose, a misguided impression that a percussion rifle would be almost 100% reliable. However, while on my home range I’ve had several misfires. I’ve had the gun fire after two or three attempts with the...
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    Fort Shirley .45

    Thank you for your replies so far. Much appreciated. I live close to Shirleysburg (maybe 45 mins away). I did not take the barrel off but I will do so. I had the lock off but there were no markings. I was told this gun came from an older mans estate in the area and the son? didn’t want it so he...
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    Fort Shirley .45

    I picked up a .45 cal rifle a few months ago. I cannot find much info on it though. Hopefully the pictures work. It has R.T. Fort Shirley on the top of the barrel .45 on the side and the number 80 on the otherwise of the barrel. It’s in good shape and shoots 50 grains of 3F really accurately. I...
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