http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WgVRMUGzm24Mark S said:Looks like he used smokeless powder.
it looks just like the barrels used in these tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsBF6CXs18
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WgVRMUGzm24Mark S said:Looks like he used smokeless powder.
it looks just like the barrels used in these tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsBF6CXs18
flintlock62 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WgVRMUGzm24Mark S said:Looks like he used smokeless powder.
it looks just like the barrels used in these tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsBF6CXs18
That scenario is scary and possible.Uncle Pig said:It may not have been the shooter who put the wrong powder in. Some one else (a kid perhaps) tried to fire it with smokeless and it would not go off. Knowing they did something wrong they put it back and said nothing. later the shooter thought it was empty and was popping a cap. Then it would blow in his hand. He still should have dropped a ramrod to check if it was loaded. But how many times have we all taken an empty weapon to the range and popped a cap before loading.
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I don't know his hunting habits, but I dont think he'd be that careless
Loyalist Dave said:I don't know his hunting habits, but I dont think he'd be that careless
It's probably a combination of factors. Some of the shotgun/pistol powders are very similar. (iirc) 700x is black flakes, and Win 231 is gray granules. Now to those of us who use black powder all the time, we can see these at a glance, but a relative novice?
Then you have the fact that they use the same powder containers to package the powder, simply changing the labels. So say one was using a BP substitute such as Pyrodex Select or Aliant Black MZ, which comes in the same black plastic container and has a black label just as IMR 800x or Winchester AA.
Not only is the type of damage consistent with smokeless loading..., I'll bet either the shooter confused a can of 800X with a BP substitute or the clerk at the shop where he bought it did so.
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Mark S said:Looks like he used smokeless powder.
it looks just like the barrels used in these tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmsBF6CXs18
zimmerstutzen said:Even third hand, this sounds crazy. He didn't pop a few caps before loading? Didn't wash the oil out with alcohol before going to the range? This guy could not possibly have followed some of the basic every range trip routine most of us go through.
My take, the gun was still loaded from last year and he put another elephant charge down on top that one. The old powder absorbed enough moisture to foul under the nipple and in the flash channel. When the old charge went off and slammed the new charge between two sabots, things went to heck real quick. A little blow by lit the new charge and voila! ... instajunk
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