Proofing charges of original Matchlock barrels

[Flint62Smoothie]

Proofing info from the book, Indian & Oriental Armour, by Lord Egerton, 1896, when discussing the quality of the Indian arms, as beginning on Page 60 of the document (Pg 74 of the PDF).

Many thanks to RickyStl for the link! FYI, the PDF is available FREE online @ https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8845/mode/1up

 

[RAEDWALD]

Thank you for that. What a fascinating book and the technical details from page 56 onwards shows the quality of the processes adapted to local iron ore etc. and were on a par, if not exceeding , the common firearms of Europe. Undoubtedly some were poorly made as were some European firearms but the skill and practical metallurgy and forging stand comparison with any other of the day and the book is an excellent companion to Baden Henry Baden Powell’s book ‘Handbook of the Manufactures and Arts of the Punjab’ see https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.83443/page/n7/mode/2up

 

[BillinOregon]

Hmmm. Another Baden Powell. I'll be darned. Can of course think of two others, not including myself.

 

[RAEDWALD]

Hmmm. Another Baden Powell. I'll be darned. Can of course think of two others, not including myself.

Robert Baden-Powell, Warrington Baden-Powell, George Baden-Powell, Frank Baden-Powell and Baden Baden-Powell. All notable in different ways.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

... y'all lost me @ Baden ...

 

[BillinOregon]

Robert Stevenson Smyth Baden-Powell, whom I am named after (Dad was an Eagle and so was I), and Baden Powell de Aquino, the Brazilian guitarist whose father was also a Scouting enthusiast, were the two who came to mind. I got to see Lady Baden-Powell speak at the World Scout Jamboree in Farragut, Idaho, in 1967.
Sooooo, Dale, are you going to fill your barrel up to the muzzle with powder to proof it?

 

[tenngun]

I’m not going to try it.
Howsomever
I would wonder that as the powder began to burning expanding gas wouldn’t push most out before ignition
Just as a matter of thinking.
I plug my touch hole on my .62 and it holds near a cup of water. My .76 holds about two cups.
Two cups of water is a pint, per volume water and powder are just about equal weight
A pint to the pound.
My .62 could hold near a half pound of powder and my .76 nearly a pound
In my best pirate voice : give em a broadside me hardies.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

..., are you going to fill your barrel up to the muzzle with powder to proof it?

Can't ... I already cut it in half ...