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Can't believe you can still find people stupid enough to put smokeless powder in a muzzleloader:
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Very stupid, very lucky
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Your right, he was very lucky. That could have been deadly. The worst was with the old H&R and New England unmentionables. Some people thought those companies used the same steel on the their muzzleloaders as they used on their cartridge guns. They were wrong and some found out the hard way.
Archer 756
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I wonder what school he went to
Can't fix stupid....
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Some people make the mistake that black powder being an "explosive" and smokeless powder not classified as one, that the black is more dangerous. Wrong.
Also confusion was lent to the issue when one or two of the big makers made "bolt action" style front loaders that could use smokeless.
Not smart what he did and he was lucky. With as much as this gets drummed on out there you would think people would listen..., but then,..they are people.
Also confusion was lent to the issue when one or two of the big makers made "bolt action" style front loaders that could use smokeless.
Not smart what he did and he was lucky. With as much as this gets drummed on out there you would think people would listen..., but then,..they are people.
Also confusion was lent to the issue when one or two of the big makers made "bolt action" style front loaders that could use smokeless.
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I do a small bit of reloading for unmentionables. No way would I want a smokeless front stuffer. Just too many ways to go wrong. I'll bet more than one of us have double charged a muzzleloader with black. What would happen if that was smokeless in a so called safe for smokeless gun?
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Im partially numb, he said... yea, from the neck up.
My old sgt always said... you can't fix stupid!
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You overcharge a BP gun by 5 gr. and your pressure climbs from 15,000 to 18,000 psi. Do that near max loads in a cartridge gun with the wrong powder and your pressure goes from 50,000 to 100,000.
Well, this is what happens when the stupid gene is allowed to be passed onto the next generation.
Has this guy been nominated for a Darwin Award?
Dave
Dave
But I put less powder in! Should have been OK.
But he lived. Not eligible.
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It was 3 years ago, maybe he got a clue.
Jackass High School
I wonder if he was the one that loaded it or just the poor sap shooting it.
Brokennock
Cannon
Actually, you can "fix stupid." Unfortunately the "fix" is illegal, unless the idiot does it to their self.
Brokennock
Cannon
Who taught that fool how to hold a rifle anyway?
I'm sorry, but after over 20 years in the firearms industry (I started before I started doing cardiology work), as an instructor, sales person, a range officer on a public range, it pains me to say it, but, gun owners are our own worst enemy. I constantly see examples of gun owners and pro-2A people being the biggest arguments for gun control out there.
Tired of stupid asses like this.
I'm sorry, but after over 20 years in the firearms industry (I started before I started doing cardiology work), as an instructor, sales person, a range officer on a public range, it pains me to say it, but, gun owners are our own worst enemy. I constantly see examples of gun owners and pro-2A people being the biggest arguments for gun control out there.
Tired of stupid asses like this.
Some folks just gotta learn the hard way.
