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clinton 10 ga shell
Unread 07-12-2011, 05:53 PM   #1
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bought some old clinton shells off of gunbroker id had them a while decided to see if one of them 100 year old shells would still fire...they were black powder loads of 3 i/2 drams and 1 1/8 ounce shot.. i stuied a few moments on witch gun to use after a little while i decided to use a parker to try them in..i set me up a good target at 40 yards ..i loaded the old clinton in the right barrel raised the old gun up took good aim and squezed the trigger..whew what a scare... i was really expecting that thing to go off with a bang...i really flinched good when that things primer went off with very little noise...next thing i knew this old boys hearing a fizzlleing sound the type you hear in them old westerns when they light a dynimite fuse or the trail of black powder theyve lit...seriosly this old boy got scared almost threw the old gun down...go ahead and laugh i did later...out of the barrel starts coming smoke of a vivid green then i swear there was about 4 or 5 differant colors coming forth...ive never in my life seen such smoke or spewing sound this old gun was smoking boys...this went on for a good 30 secounds i still had this thing to my shoulder too..i for sure thought that thing was going to blow up any secound...then i got to thinking this thing may burn a hole in the gun barrel..i quickly lowered the gun at this point not wanting to un breach the gun but i knew i must ...i did not relly know what was going to happen when i unbreached the old parker...suprizingly nothing happened i pulled the hull out and that powder was still burning a bit about half way up the barrel...i had a rod i use for knocking out stuck hulls and such close by so out went the last of the old black powder load....so my curoisity about them old shell s are over....will not be tring this again soon.... charlie
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