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All, I’ve been shooting Frontiersman for 6+ months and love it. I shot Hell On the Border last week and ran into some problems I could use help in diagnosing. I’m shooting ROA’s with ~20gr of 2F Schuetzen, Slix Nipples, 457 Hornady balls, Remington #10 caps, and load off gun with a Bang and Clang tower. Over the course of two days I had 4 ignition problems. The caps went off but failed to ignite the powder. After the stage, I recapped the misfired cylinder and the cylinder fired as normal. I think, I may have one or more of the following problems, but any additional insight would be helpful. 1) The caps aren’t being fully seated on the nipple, especially after the first round. I’m using the polish capper but don’t have a “capper stick” to further push the cap down. Maybe after the first stage, the carbon builds up and makes a loose fit? I’ve been using my thumb to make sure the caps are on the nipple (sometimes they do wiggle)…..but maybe I need a stick and to be more aggressive and really wedge those caps on?? Can you overpress a cap onto the nipple? 2) Is it possible that I’m compacting the black powder too much in the cylinder? Is that a thing? When I load the balls, I compress the powder as much as possible and bottom out the lever. During my normal monthly matches, I typically see at most one misfire, if that. Having 4 makes me think i must be doing something wrong. I replaced the nipples that came with the guns with Slix 2 months ago. A local pard recommended Treso nipples, but they seem to have gone out of business. Any thoughts to help cure the problem would be greatly appreciated. Choctaw Kid