Originally Posted by
Semisane
Man BPS, that was a disaster waiting to happen. Someone might have loaded a second charge and bullet and been in for a real surprise. I understand why the "tink" fooled you. but a check of how far the rod went down the bore would have clued you in right away.
Semi, you're absolutely right. I should have checked the length of the rod in the barrel first and then checked it on the outside to determine if loaded or not. That "all steel" rod was left full length (28" and not the 26" that a Renegade has) so that may have helped decieve me along with the metallic "tink" sound it made from that copper Powerbelt bullet. My nephew is a very responsible young man and has shot in many youth events and would NEVER load a firearm and hand it over to someone without stating the fact that it was loaded so that wasn't my concern. My failure was not checking all the angles. Apparently the Ol' fella loaded the gun after shooting the deer and HE neglected to tell my nephew that it was loaded when he let him take it. I pulled the lock and barrel and then set the breech end of the barrel in the hot soapy water (which rendered the load "inert") and discovered that I could not pull in any water. I have never personally (knock on wood) had to pull a bullet or ball from any of my guns in 38 yrs. of shooting BP firearms so it was a lesson learned for me!...BPS
Last edited by Blackpowdersmoke; 01-26-2012 at 11:03 AM.