Tuesday - May 03, 2011
Bad Gun Pr0n
Here’s a link to a video CVA put up about how to NOT properly load your muzzleloader. Watch guns explode, then watch them explode again in sort-of-slow-motion. Think about what would be left of your body if this happened in your arms. Not much. Be warned, then be smart from now on.
I have no idea why they chose to use Hodgdon HS-6 as their demo smokeless powder. It isn’t even close to the burning rate you’d use if you happened to own a Savage 10ML, one of the very few muzzleloading rifles built to be used with smokeless powder. HS-6 is way too fast. It’s a good powder for .38+P loads with lighter bullets, and is an OK powder for .45 ACP. But it is only a top choice for .357 and .44 Magnum loads that use light bullets and are intended for very short barrels. Too much pressure too fast, and not even gas generated. HS-6 is a shotgun powder and that’s about it. So they probably chose it precisely because it was completely wrong, even though many other powders exist that are much faster, and many other powders that are much slower would be “safer”. Perhaps HS-6 is at the really fast end of “possible choices” for muzzleloaders if you aren’t very smart? Whatever. I don’t have one of these rifles, but if I owned the Savage 10ML I’d think IMR3031 or IMR4198 would be a safe choice; you’re making an end-fed .45-70, kind of. Don’t take my word for it, go look it up.
CVA uses this HS-6 powder in 3 rifles not designed for smokeless powder, and drops a heavy black powder charge weight’s worth down the barrel (about the same weight of [much much slower burning] powder you’d use in an elephant gun), and then makes a barrel obstruction. BOOM, shredded gun. No kidding. It’s suicidal. Death by shrapnel. Lesson: know your powders and charge amounts, load your own gun, and make sure it isn’t loaded before you load it.
The video ran jerkily for me, with a lot of drop outs and freeze frames, so I snagged the video with the Download Helper add-on, and then ran the .flv file from my desktop with the Moyea FLV player (both are free apps). It ran just fine. So I blame low bandwidth.
Posted by Drew458
on 05/03/2011 at 09:03 AM
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