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Old 11-10-2012, 05:14 PM
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he had a barrel flash. When you shoot, there are or at least its possible that there are hot embers in the barrel. So when you dump the powder down onto the hot embers.. they can and have flashed. I have seen this happen twice in my life. It always happened when people were competing in speed shooting events.

That is the advantage of swabbing... that puts the embers out. So does just waiting the rifle out. Another way is blowing down the muzzle of the barrel. What you're basically doing is blow out the embers. But don't try this on a firing range, as some range instructors come unglued and kick you out.

I actually the other day paused and just sat there. I was shooting BlackHorn 209 and had fired and then dumped a fresh load of powder down the barrel. And I could see smoke coming from the barrel. So much so in fact, it caused me to wait it out.
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