Loose powder inna 'pellet' gun?

first, i NEVER load directly from the horn or flask anyway- i use a home made powder measure-then dump into the bore- but i had to use the one from my pistol that day, and it throws 60, not 100 grains- hence the 2 charges- and the minie was seated AGAINST the second charge- and it was loose black powder- not pellets- they didn't have those in that day- it was all black or nothing- even pyrodex wasn't around yet- HAD i used my ramrod as a measureing tool, i would have seen the gap in the powder charge-i keep that rifle at the back of my safe to remind me of what happens when you don't seat the round properly- or sure, i could get it cut off and turn it into a musketoon or something, but the range i now use doesn't allow black anyway, and the romance has worn off- personally, i still wonder if that black hadn't gone "bad" in the can- like absorbed moisture or something
 
t-star said:
you release the pressure by raising the hammer- the gas then escapes out the nipple- it acted for all the world like a damp powder, and did a lot of fizzing and spitting, but then it took off, one big boom, and a slight delay, and another boom- and then the bullet came out the muzzel- that's why i say there was an air gap between the charges- i normally run about a hundred grains of ffg , but i didn't have my horn with me that day, and the flask only throws 60- the horn throws 100 in one fell swoop-
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No way a slight air gap could cause two audible booms. Not sure what happened but it wasn't an air gap between powder charges. If it took that long to go boom that you had time to pull the hammer back, you had way bigger problems than a slight air gap. Think about the amount of time it takes for a charge of powder to burn and the amount of time it would take to lift the hammer.
 
tigbomg said:
fill it full of powder and blow it to kindom *** its junk the receiver will fowell after 3 or4 stot and when the 270 heats up after 2 shots who knows were those bullets are going the 17 is fun but if you buy a 93 you can see what 17 will really shoot like
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Nice. Two cents worth of absolutely useless info.

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