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On another forum, we had a long talk on the subject of chain firing. We ended up taking a poll. In almost all cases the chain firing occurred on the first cylinder full for the day. In a lot of those instances the folks that had the chain firing did not first snap a cap on each nipple to burn off any oil. We checked a lot of guns that use powder, ball, lube(Crisco) and found a lot of times the lube got burned away after a couple of shots but goes unnoticed because the whole cylinder normally gets shot at one time.
The general consensus was that a chain fire could occur at either the nipples or end of the cylinder but the nipple area was the most likely, that loose fitting caps or caps getting knocked off, etc were a problem. It was a surprise to me because I thought ALL chain firings happened at the cylinder end and from loose fitting balls or failure to use wads or lube over the ball.
So... for those that have had a chain firing, share what happened. How many other cylinders went off, how did you load the gun, etc.
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