maillemaker
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I agree with others - if you really put 25 grains of Pyrdoex 3F into the chamber and it went off that ball would have gone somewhere.
Even when you get a chainfire and the chambers to the left and right of the barrel go off those bullets hit the frame and keep on trucking.
I agree with the poster who said check for a barrel obstruction. This is easy to do with your gun - knock out the wedge and use the loading lever to push the barrel assembly off the frame and then look down the barrel.
Also agree with others that when loading you should always shave a small ring of lead off the ball on the mouth of the chamber - this is how you know you have a nice gas-tight seal and won't get chain fires into adjacent cylinders. But even an under-sized ball should have fired, I would think.
My .44 caliber Piettas like .454 round balls.
When you fired the revolver, how far out of the chamber did the ball move? Any at all? Did it move into the barrel? Did it then lock up the action being half-in and half-out of the chamber? Where is the ball now?
Steve
Even when you get a chainfire and the chambers to the left and right of the barrel go off those bullets hit the frame and keep on trucking.
I agree with the poster who said check for a barrel obstruction. This is easy to do with your gun - knock out the wedge and use the loading lever to push the barrel assembly off the frame and then look down the barrel.
Also agree with others that when loading you should always shave a small ring of lead off the ball on the mouth of the chamber - this is how you know you have a nice gas-tight seal and won't get chain fires into adjacent cylinders. But even an under-sized ball should have fired, I would think.
My .44 caliber Piettas like .454 round balls.
When you fired the revolver, how far out of the chamber did the ball move? Any at all? Did it move into the barrel? Did it then lock up the action being half-in and half-out of the chamber? Where is the ball now?
Steve