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[Pete G]

I had something unusual happen last weekend at a re-enactment. Loading is done with a paper cartridge in the military fashion; the sequence is usually to tear the end from the cartridge, tap a few grains in the pan, close the frizzen and dump the rest down the bore. I had a charge that had a small flash and smoke but didn't ignite the main charge. When I looked at the pan, the prime was still there, but had a burned look across the surface. :hmm: I re-cocked and next time it fired normally. (Good thing too because the NDNs were already in the fort by that time.)

I have never even heard of such but attribute it to high humidity (upper 90's).
Anybody else ever had this happen

Incidentally, the powder was Goex 2F.

 

[SgtErv]

I've had it happen a couple of times, also during high humidity. Had you fired a lot of shots prior to this happening? The soupy gunk that accumulates in the pan spoils some of it I think.

Strangely enough, this has happened with 2F for me, but not 3F :idunno: Sort of goes counter to logic.