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I used to hunt with an old caplock. A trick is to sift some fine powder out of the batch through a fine screen. You're looking for the dust at the bottom of the can. Remove your nipple and pre-prime some of that dust under the nipple after you've loaded your main charge. A simpler solution is to upgrade to 209 as you said. They're much more surefire. I've got a plain-jane CVA 209 gun I'd sell cheap if you're interested. Shoots good, got it back when MN had a multi-season license so you could hunt archery, firearms and BP on the same tag.