black powder shells

[Paul Harm]

I had a BP target pistol I had made and the trigger spring went soft. After about two years I re -heat-treated it. So, I'm sitting in the basement and decide to try it out. Put on a cap, aim at the cast iron drain and BOOM. Every gun is loaded. Lucky the wife was outside mowing the grass [ that is what they're suppose to do, isn't it ] and didn't hear the gun go off. I quickly opened the basement window and put on a fan to clear the air. She never knew and hasn't ask why there's no drain cover in my reloading room. Yes BP is still good in a loaded MLer, and yes all guns are always loaded. Learned my lesson.

[charlie cleveland]

i have unloaded my 22 automatin rifle a few times i thought i would take the tube magazine stick out and pour the shells out...check the chamber by pulling the bolt back and look in the chamber it was clear put it in corner it sat there for about 3 months i picked it up pulled the bolt back and it chambered a live round...two shells had stayed in the magazine some how...glad wife did not hear it...charlie