Black powder rifle not firing?

My muzzleloader primer is not firing. i have cleaned the action thinking that it was stuck or what not and it still didnt help. i bought a new spring for it too and i still cant get the primers to go off. any suggestions?Black powder rifle not firing?
Make sure you have pin to primer contact. If not check to make sure bolt is snug against primer plug. If it's not, the firing pin isn't touching it. If it is making contact with the primer, the(pin) you may have a bad batch of primer's. Maybe contaminated from moisture, oil's or the like. If it's making a loud bang from the primer going off and not firing clean the flash hole out in the plug. It is imperative to keep muzzle loaders clean to performance standards. No matter if it's stainless or not. The breech plugs always rust even setting up. And i've found it better to keep antiseize grease on this area even when hunting. If it's none of the above have your pin checked for length, and bolt to breech plug distance.Black powder rifle not firing?
Your nipple could be dirty as heck. If the end is rusted or burnt up it may not be contacting the primer correctly, so if doesn't fire.





It also could be the the nipple has just worn down too, so the primer is not getting seated right on the nipple, so it never contacts the nipple when the hammer hit the primer. Thus, no BOOM!
One if you are using an old style, remove the nipple and clean it, check to see if the hammer has full travel, if you have set trigger make sure the hammer is falling hard enough. I backed off on the set trigger to much on one that I owner-ed and the hammer did not hit the cap hard enough to make it go off%26gt; I had to reset the hammer fall. Another gun I saw would not stay adjusted and would fail to make the cap go off. If your caps got wet the same thing will happen.





















































































































































































































































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What type muzzle loader? Inline, external hammer what exactly? We need more info.





It may be the hammer isn't making contact with the primer or your not seating all the way on the nipple..if it has a nipple.
Make sure you're loading the gun correctly; that has often been a problem with black powder fire arms.
Did your primers get wet? What about too much bore paste or lube in the barrel getting in the way of the powder.