Loyalist Dave
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this was posted September 18th.
What I noticed in the slow motion portion about half way through is the lack of a lot of thick white smoke. Now there have been a lot of "guesses" on YouTube as to what happened, and only one guy seems to have it right. (IMHO) It's not a barrel obstruction, nor a double load, nor was it leaving the ramrod seated on the load in the barrel. That kind of damage is done to a ML barrel when one loads modern, smokeless powder while using a black powder measure. So probably from 70-120 grains, and might be something that resembles black powder. Since there isn't the large cloud of white smoke that you get from black powder or a black powder substitute..., I'd say that's pretty well confirmed. Lucky for the shooter he didn't lose any fingers.
So folks, traditional or inliners, since black powder substitutes come in exactly the same style of container as modern smokeless, AND since some of the black powder companies are switching over to similar containers, BE SURE YOU READ THE LABEL since the ham handed clerk at Wally World or some other large store may think they are handing you proper propellant..., don't get maimed or killed from nickie newbie's mistake, or the "old salt" who is very busy, either.
LD
What I noticed in the slow motion portion about half way through is the lack of a lot of thick white smoke. Now there have been a lot of "guesses" on YouTube as to what happened, and only one guy seems to have it right. (IMHO) It's not a barrel obstruction, nor a double load, nor was it leaving the ramrod seated on the load in the barrel. That kind of damage is done to a ML barrel when one loads modern, smokeless powder while using a black powder measure. So probably from 70-120 grains, and might be something that resembles black powder. Since there isn't the large cloud of white smoke that you get from black powder or a black powder substitute..., I'd say that's pretty well confirmed. Lucky for the shooter he didn't lose any fingers.
So folks, traditional or inliners, since black powder substitutes come in exactly the same style of container as modern smokeless, AND since some of the black powder companies are switching over to similar containers, BE SURE YOU READ THE LABEL since the ham handed clerk at Wally World or some other large store may think they are handing you proper propellant..., don't get maimed or killed from nickie newbie's mistake, or the "old salt" who is very busy, either.
LD