All of my black powder pistols (ROA's & 1858 Rem clones) are stamped on the barrel/cylinders Black Powder Only.
Just wondering what this is all about? Is it a Lawyer/legal issue, a manufacturers legal issue, or is it a fact that if you were to use an apropriate modern charge in a Bp revolver, would it actually blow up?
My ROA for example, I load with about 30 gr of black.... quite a big boom.... shakes the ground..... bystanders are very impressed So, say someone was to put in something like 6 gr of say, winchester 231, would the gun explode in a ball of flames & remove the shooters head and hand?
From my understanding, black powder is more volatile than modern powder, when a black powder charge is ignited in the barrel, it explodes instantaneousley, finished with, and the resulting pressure travelling down tha barrel, pushes the ball down and out of the barrel. Whereas, modern powder burns in the cylinder and burns behind the projectile as it travels down the barrel?
I just find it hard to believe that using modern powder in a Bp revolver can be so dangerous, other than if someone was to use too much modern powder, I could see problems there. If someone thought they were using 30 gr of black, but were actually using 30 gr of modern powder (a massive load) I could see flames and destruction then.
See my point? How could an APPROPRIATE load of modern be so devistatingly dangerous?
Would caps have touble igniting modern powder?
Your imput would be appreciated
Just wondering what this is all about? Is it a Lawyer/legal issue, a manufacturers legal issue, or is it a fact that if you were to use an apropriate modern charge in a Bp revolver, would it actually blow up?
My ROA for example, I load with about 30 gr of black.... quite a big boom.... shakes the ground..... bystanders are very impressed So, say someone was to put in something like 6 gr of say, winchester 231, would the gun explode in a ball of flames & remove the shooters head and hand?
From my understanding, black powder is more volatile than modern powder, when a black powder charge is ignited in the barrel, it explodes instantaneousley, finished with, and the resulting pressure travelling down tha barrel, pushes the ball down and out of the barrel. Whereas, modern powder burns in the cylinder and burns behind the projectile as it travels down the barrel?
I just find it hard to believe that using modern powder in a Bp revolver can be so dangerous, other than if someone was to use too much modern powder, I could see problems there. If someone thought they were using 30 gr of black, but were actually using 30 gr of modern powder (a massive load) I could see flames and destruction then.
See my point? How could an APPROPRIATE load of modern be so devistatingly dangerous?
Would caps have touble igniting modern powder?
Your imput would be appreciated