WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
01-01-2005 | 01:53 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
I got a discharger for Christmas. I was out hunting today with my flintlock and when I got back I tried the CO2. The pressure blew the Powerbelt out of the base and blew the powder thru the little hole in the base, but left the base in the barrel. This could be a potentially dangerous situation with a base being left in the barrel and loading another charge, because some powder would make it thru the hole in the plastic base and to the breech. I put a ball puller on the ramrod and retrieved the base easy enough. The screw catches nicely in the hole in the plastic base.Watch when you use them too because the bullet went into the ground and I gave up looking for it at about 8 inches deep. Very powerful.
01-02-2005 | 06:42 AM
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From: LEVITTOWN N.Y. USA
RE: WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
livbucks : I have the co2 discharger ,the one I have was made by t/c ,which are no longer made.I have used it in my percussion and inlnes to unload instead of shooting out the load,man these discharges are a life saver,but I only use sabot or conical bullet.I also like the the idea you can reuse the sabot bullet again ,I do place and old rag on the ground to keep the bullet from going someplace other then were I want it to go.
I was out the other day with my flinter seem the attachment that made for the vent liners will not fit my vent liner on my flinter because the touch hole are enlarge, I will have to try to see what I can make over the winter to redesign the adapter.
I was out the other day with my flinter seem the attachment that made for the vent liners will not fit my vent liner on my flinter because the touch hole are enlarge, I will have to try to see what I can make over the winter to redesign the adapter.
01-02-2005 | 09:20 AM
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RE: WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
I bought the flintlock adapter from Cabelas. It has a small tit on the tube that fits in the touch hole. The needle looks to be big enough that it shouldn't fit inside the hole. They do work nice, I'll say that. No burnt residue in your gun at the end of the day. I just swabbed with alcohol and then a patch with Sheath and put the gun away. No load in the barrel to have nightmares over.
01-02-2005 | 10:46 AM
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RE: WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
I wanted to unload my TC Hawken earlier this year and I got out the CO2 kit I'd had sitting around for about 10 years. I remember looking at it and thinking "There is no way this little bit of gas is going to get the bullet out of the gun". I had a TC Maxiball (.54 caliber) in it. I (luckily) stepped outside and put the nozzle on the nipple and WHOOSH, the gun was unloaded with enough force that I'm convinced we could hunt with compressed air if they ever make black powder unavailable. I recalled seeing something on the History Channel once about compressed air hunting rifles (they used a hollow stock for storing the air). My bullet left the gun and stuck in the small dirt hill I had the muzzle pointed at.
01-02-2005 | 11:53 AM
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From: marion co. ky USA
RE: WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
ORIGINAL: rick_reno
I wanted to unload my TC Hawken earlier this year and I got out the CO2 kit I'd had sitting around for about 10 years. I remember looking at it and thinking "There is no way this little bit of gas is going to get the bullet out of the gun". I had a TC Maxiball (.54 caliber) in it. I (luckily) stepped outside and put the nozzle on the nipple and WHOOSH, the gun was unloaded with enough force that I'm convinced we could hunt with compressed air if they ever make black powder unavailable. I recalled seeing something on the History Channel once about compressed air hunting rifles (they used a hollow stock for storing the air). My bullet left the gun and stuck in the small dirt hill I had the muzzle pointed at.
I wanted to unload my TC Hawken earlier this year and I got out the CO2 kit I'd had sitting around for about 10 years. I remember looking at it and thinking "There is no way this little bit of gas is going to get the bullet out of the gun". I had a TC Maxiball (.54 caliber) in it. I (luckily) stepped outside and put the nozzle on the nipple and WHOOSH, the gun was unloaded with enough force that I'm convinced we could hunt with compressed air if they ever make black powder unavailable. I recalled seeing something on the History Channel once about compressed air hunting rifles (they used a hollow stock for storing the air). My bullet left the gun and stuck in the small dirt hill I had the muzzle pointed at.
[link]http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11518&highlight=rifle[/link]
01-02-2005 | 01:03 PM
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From: Jim Thorpe, PA
RE: WARNING! CO2 discharger/Powerbelts
I recalled seeing something on the History Channel once about compressed air hunting rifles (they used a hollow stock for storing the air).
