Preposterous!
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Although I normally shoot my 51 Navy with a very light load for paper punching (777 - I think about 18gns equivalent BP vol) I decided last weekend to shoot with a full load - in other words the chamber filled to the brim then the ball seated on top till it just cleared the front face of the cylinder. I then filled the remaining chamber space with vegetable shortening (like Crisco).
The result was fun to shoot, somewhat less accurate than my target load and had the unexpected effect of un-latching the rammer every shot!
Can anyone tell me what I might be able to do to alleviate this? (other than reduce the load )the spring in the catch seems to be fairly strong.
Thanks in advance..
The result was fun to shoot, somewhat less accurate than my target load and had the unexpected effect of un-latching the rammer every shot!
Can anyone tell me what I might be able to do to alleviate this? (other than reduce the load )the spring in the catch seems to be fairly strong.
Thanks in advance..
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