Testing loose fitting balls

[Lunie]

Have you tried this yet?

Yes, but not at length, only a set of quick "proof of concept" exercises.

I haven't had the opportunity to do any more actual work since the 16th of June though.

 

[pohill]

I'm willing to bet that with undersized balls, and no grease at all, you will get a chainfire of some sort. The odds are with you. What it proves I don't know.
Do you think that the lack of powder compression created by a smaller ball might influence the results?
While you're at it, try the test with black powder, then with Pryodex. I've always wondered if a chainfire can occur with Pryodex.
What are you trying to prove or disprove again?

 

[Lunie]

I'm willing to bet that with undersized balls, and no grease at all, you will get a chainfire of some sort. The odds are with you. What it proves I don't know.
Do you think that the lack of powder compression created by a smaller ball might influence the results?
While you're at it, try the test with black powder, then with Pryodex. I've always wondered if a chainfire can occur with Pryodex.
What are you trying to prove or disprove again?

While I have a few different brands of holy black on hand, I do not currently have any Pyrodex, and don't currently plan to acquire any. (I don't have a reason to believe it would behave differently in this case, unless you all can enlighten me.) I do have some 777 left, but I don't think there would be much point in testing it either, for the same reason.

I keep getting asked why, and I thought I had answered several times...

Take this thread for example, where they are fussing about lube (Crisco).
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=721187

Due to an oversight on my part, I will have to use Crisco on my .44's instead of wads. I just got to happy shooting the big .44's and used all my wads up! I much prefer wads to greases because it melts off so much with the first discharge! I don't want any chainfires!

Keep your crisco in an iced cooler or the shooting session will get messy but still fun.

I'm not going to pontificate and say other folks are wrong for doing so, but I do wonder why more aren't asking "why do we have to muck with this stuff?".

 

[rodwha]

I no longer use my wads as standard practice, and have never lubed over the projectile. If an oversized ball is used there would need to be two or more defective balls, and close to the surface, for a chain fire to happen from the front. However, my sense of logic has failed me before...