The Myth is strong

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Bill Zachow

Anyone who has been around guns and fired them knows what will happen when you plug a bore and fire off a charge.

Sometimes what doesn't happen is surprising.





but then again when it does happen, disaster.

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Thanks Pete!

I knew I had seen those videos. Of course I am not going to try that with a prized Parker.

I believe that most barrel blow ups were either caused by an obstruction such as mud, or a spider nest (from leaving that ol' gun in the corner of the barn just in case...). Barrel failures from obstructions usually occur down the barrel where the obstruction is or more correctly "was".

Chamber failures at or just past the chamber were most likely caused by those long ago without proper scales of knowledge of the differences, using the same volume of second generation smokeless powder as one would have previously done with black powder or first generation smokeless "wood" powder.

Thanks again Pete!
Mark

[Mike Franzen]

Bill I think the point Bell was making was even after proof loads, stuffing wads, dirt and rags down the barrel, the only way he could get a burst like that was to lodge the 20 ga shell down bore. I think that was the point of his testing. This test was done at the end of his series "Finding Out For Myself"