ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
I'd rather keep all my fingers & barrel-holding hand - even if the muzzle is pointed away from my torso/face while loading hastily. Thousands of MLers have fingers missing
Thousands??? Would you care to share your source for this tidbit of information?
I have poured blackpowder down a barrel immediately, for reloading sfter a shot, for more than 30 years and have never had a flash. I don't know anyone else that has had one either. I imagine I have a better chance that a tree would fall on me, during hunting, than have a flash during reloading.