the usual prescription for filling the pan is to make sure it's not so full as to bank up against or cover the vent. This makes for a fuze effect rather than a clean jet of flame through the vent. Some say to fill the pan half full-others say 3/4 full and I bet the optimum varies from one gun to another. I try to use as much priming powder as I can without covering the vent and tilt the gun to the right to put the powder toward the outside of the pan.
My LePage gets faster ignition if I use the same 3f as the main charge for priming. A JUKAR I've been shooting, has a small pan and seems to be equally fast or faster wtih 4f as the primer.
These being pistols, I really do count on fast ignition time for good hits. My follow-through could be better.
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