Well, I blew one up years ago. Yesiree, 'bout 17 years old (back about '58) and got tired of cleaning all that old black powder residue outta my Belgium muzzleloader. Decided those old men didn't know all the stuff claimed. So I jest poured 'bout the same amount of Red Dot down that sucker. Dove came whistling by 'n that's 'bout all I remember. Never did find the breech area. Never have heard high frequencies again (kept me outta Vietnam). Never do THAT again.
Most of the guns I shoot are damascus and I have complete faith in them. Guess they'd stand a whole lot more pressure but as mentioned earlier I keep a 7,500 psi or less cap on it. Only benefit of going to higher pressures is to cycle automatics--sure don't gain anything else.
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