MCgunner
Member
Okay, I've always lubed with crisco to prevent chain fires. Some opinions I've read here and make sense is that chain fires don't occur at the front of the cylinder, but through a nipple where the cap might be loose.
Anyway, just thinkin' about it yesterday, I got to wondering how on earth a chain fire could happen with no crisco when the ball has 7 grain equivalents of corn meal filler directly behind it? Seems to me that the corn meal filler would protect it.
Opinions? I don't want to mess with under wads and crisco is messy. I defeat this problem with pre-lubed conicals in other guns, but the Navy is a ball only gun unless you load with a press, which I do have on the way. But, I'd like to stick with ball in this gun.
Anyway, just thinkin' about it yesterday, I got to wondering how on earth a chain fire could happen with no crisco when the ball has 7 grain equivalents of corn meal filler directly behind it? Seems to me that the corn meal filler would protect it.
Opinions? I don't want to mess with under wads and crisco is messy. I defeat this problem with pre-lubed conicals in other guns, but the Navy is a ball only gun unless you load with a press, which I do have on the way. But, I'd like to stick with ball in this gun.