This is what started this thread.
What causes ones gun to explodeor blow up?I heard on the radio the day after New Years someone was carrying on a tradition and firing a blackpowder gun and it exploded and killed him.I was just wandering what causes this to happen.
Notice, this person shooting this gun was not at the range working up a load. He wasn't hunting. He most likely was shooting a gun that hadn't been cleaned since the previous New Year, and was probably too drunk to bother getting a powder measure. If he indeed was drunk, and if the gun was one year full of rust, how far do you think he got the projectile down the barrel?
That is what I think "causes this to happen."
I think it is a healthy thing to enter into shooting muzzleloaders with a level head, and respect for all the elements of this sport.
I think the moral of this thread should have been;
Be conscerned with the guy on the front porch with a Muzzleloader at midnight. Don't be leary of the gun.
C. Davis