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Originally Posted by Bruce P Bruner
Edgar, I don’t believe black powder caused the ruination and havoc of any vintage barrels. All of the destruction was simply a result of neglect due to the lack of cleaning after use. Some of my oldest doubles (mid 1880’s) have unblemished bores from black powder use. I suppose I am a true traditionalist, vintage doubles were made for black powder use. I enjoy the sound, the smell and the smoke.
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pitting and barrel damage out lived black powder by decades - you see it in fluid steel from the smokeless age as well
IMHO - it was the residue from corrosive primers that - yes, along with the lack of cleaning it out that ate the steel.
the older the barrels the longer they were exposed to it
they actually called them corrosive because they knew