at the cabelas site, it told me to, after i was done loading the powder and ball, i should cover them with a type of muzzle-loading grease to make sure that another chamber doesnt go off. what i want to know is, do i have to do this, or will it more than likely happen if i dont use the grease?
my cofederate revolver
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It's insurance...
You might fire a hundred cylinders sans grease and never experience such a chain fire. But there is a chance that your first one also fires off all six with catashtrophic results to your firearm and injury to yourself and/or others...
Crisco's cheap, lube up. Wear hearing and eye protection. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Etc...
You might fire a hundred cylinders sans grease and never experience such a chain fire. But there is a chance that your first one also fires off all six with catashtrophic results to your firearm and injury to yourself and/or others...
Crisco's cheap, lube up. Wear hearing and eye protection. Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Etc...
Chainfires are likelier from a loose cap or open nipple than from the front of the cylinder. Cap your piece with care. Chainfires can happen from the front, but using the right sized balls will make a chainfire real rare: make sure you shave a lead ring off the ball when seating it. Chainfires seldom if ever detonate all the chambers, usually two or three.
Crisco will work as well as Cabela's lube, and it's cheaper. At our house it's free unless wifey catches me.
Check this site for more info than you could ever want: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenandoah/Choy.html
Crisco will work as well as Cabela's lube, and it's cheaper. At our house it's free unless wifey catches me.
Check this site for more info than you could ever want: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/shenandoah/Choy.html
oldmaster111
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I have always used the lubed wads between the powder and ball and have always had good luck. Lube works fine unless you live in Arizona like I do, and the heat melts it and it runs out all over you or your holster. Also the proper cap and cap fit and you should be good to go.
Elmer Keith didn't think that chainfires occurred because of a flash leaping from one cylinder to another. He also subscribed to the nipple & loose cap theory.
BTW, you should use a slightly oversized ball that, when swaged into the cylinder, leaves a perfect concentric ring. That's safety measure #1 since a spark can't slip past the lead.
I was told that lubing reduces the fouling.
BTW, you should use a slightly oversized ball that, when swaged into the cylinder, leaves a perfect concentric ring. That's safety measure #1 since a spark can't slip past the lead.
I was told that lubing reduces the fouling.