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B P Shooter
02-24-2020, 08:57 AM
I shot a new to me Zouave this weekend with my standard 40gr 3f load and a Lyman .578213 bullet. The hammer is bouncing back to the halfcock position when it's fired.
I have been shooting many years and there was a time I knew what caused this and how to fix it.
Someone please refresh my memory.
Thanks
MR. GADGET
02-24-2020, 09:32 AM
Jeff,
Pull the nipple out and check the hole in it.
I had 2 older guns, Zoli, the hole was so big it would vent gas and cocked the gun.
After that I alway pull them and look to see the hole. Bet it looks like a funnel on the back side opened up.
Michael Bodner
02-24-2020, 12:25 PM
Jeff,
Pull the nipple out and check the hole in it.
I had 2 older guns, Zoli, the hole was so big it would vent gas and cocked the gun.
After that I alway pull them and look to see the hole. Bet it looks like a funnel on the back side opened up.
Therefore, you want to replace the nipple....
MR. GADGET
02-24-2020, 02:21 PM
Therefore, you want to replace the nipple....
Correct, if that is what his looks like. Seen several that were done this way, why I do not know but they were.
But there could be a chance the main spring was messed with, has cracked or just bad. Hard to know without seeing it.
Southron Sr.
02-24-2020, 04:04 PM
Ya gotta understand "Musket Talk"
Your Zouave is saying to you: "Replace my nipple, PLEASE!"
Maillemaker
02-24-2020, 04:34 PM
Maybe what it's really saying is, "I wish I was a semi-auto..." :)
Steve
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