[TML] NY Reload

[Bruce Johnson]

On Mar 4, 2008, at 8:46 PM, shadow at shadowgard.com wrote:

> On 4 Mar 2008 at 14:46, Lord Ronin from Q-Link wrote:
>
>>> Finally, these are not technically muzzle loaders anyway, since they
>>> are loaded at the cylinder.
>>
>> Yeah as a mountain man recreationist. I have to agree  with you on  
>> that
>> technical point.
>
> BTW, do you know *why* you stick grease and/or wadding in the end of
> the chambers?
>
> I saw the results when someone didn't once. The adjacent cylinder got
> touched off by somre of the "backsplash" of gasses from the one being
> fired.
>
> Of course, that was likely because it was loadsed with "blanks" (ie
> no ball) for a demo. Still...

Well, grease is there for another reason, as well, it helps to keep  
the fouling softer, and makes cleanup easier, why grease is better  
than plain wadding.

Those were improperly loaded blanks, too, if they went off that  
easily, or it was the second shot, after the first had kicked things  
loose a bit.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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