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The hammer throw looks short and the angle of the hammer hose is off too...Don't believe you can change the angle of the nipple threads in the breech without major work, which would fix the whole thing...
You can either try a different hammer with a longer throw and also heat and bent the nose to get a straight on hit on the nipple....Or, take the hammer you have and heat/pound it to lengthen its throw and change the angle on its nose section...This activity with wreck the case color finish...
In any case I would shorten the nipple up to get the hammer down some or increase the depth of the recess in the hammer nose...You just need enough nipple in my opinion to get the cap all the way on plus a little more...
A quick fix to get what you have to give an even strike on the nipple would be to angle the bottom of the recess so it's 90 degrees to the nipple center line....Have done this on ocassion, but it's not the best and the whole works still looks like manure.... :winking: ...The Best...The Lizard...
I have the same exact problem with mine. It's a Cabelas Hawken made by Investarms, maker of Lyman. It fires without a problem but I wanted to change over to a musket nipple and no go. The hammer was way off and wouldnt strike the cap. I dont know if I should bother contacting Cabelas or just keep shooting it with #11's
Frank
got it straigtened out. found another nipple and problem went away. don't know where I got the bad nipple but it's history now. if only all of lifes problems were that simple
Many of them musketcap nipples are too big even though they fit the rifle. I have never had a problem with 11 caps so I just shoot them. I do use the magnum ones on slow firing rifles.