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Longknife
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Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball
10/02/16 05:49 AM

I had a chain fire on my first BP revolver. I got the revolver on Christmas day in about 1973, a gift from my wife and my first BP gun. The Shop where she got it also sold her some balls to go with it. These balls were very uneven and out of round, they appeared to be tumbled with lots of flat spots on them. After loading we all went to the back yard to see this "spectacular" event, and spectacular it was!!!! When the gun went off the noise was deafening, the flash was blinding, the smoke covered the whole yard, and the recoil was just about unbearable... I really didn't know what to expect so I attempted to cock to fire the next cyl. That was when I discovered the action was locked up...upon inspection there was a ball stuck in the frame where the loading lever rests and the other 5 balls were gone!!!...ALL SIX chambers had ignited. Miraculously the gun or myself was NOT damaged! I then started using Crisco and shot this brass framed revolver for many more years...We all still laugh about the time I tried to blow my self up on Christmas day......Ed

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Wad used between powder and patched ball	824tidbit	30/01/16 08:11 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	lonewulf	03/04/16 10:37 PM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	DarylS	04/04/16 02:09 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	lonewulf	07/04/16 11:03 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	DarylS	07/04/16 03:04 PM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Heelerau	17/04/24 08:02 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	DarylS	18/04/24 02:58 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Huvius	30/01/16 09:04 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Wayne59	30/01/16 01:34 PM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Rancid_Crabtree	30/01/16 03:05 PM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Birdhunter50	31/01/16 12:24 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	DarylS	31/01/16 06:16 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Longknife	10/02/16 05:49 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	Sarg	10/02/16 08:39 PM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	2152hq	10/02/16 09:38 AM
Re: Wad used between powder and patched ball	DarylS	10/02/16 11:16 AM

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