Pond James Pond
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I understand this may have safety implications but I am curious hence why I'm asking:
One of the draw-backs of the revolving carbine style BP gun is the smallish charge capacity compared to regular muzzle loader rifles.
So, I was wondering about this: if you loaded the roundball from the muzzle, seating it just shy of the forcing cone and meanwhile filled the entire cylinder with BP and sealing it with a suitable wad, would it work?
The problems I anticipate are: a different sized projectile for loading from the tighter muzzle end. The risk of an excessive charge with the extra 30% you could probably load. Perhaps a lack of performance because the powder is not tightly compressed by a lead plug being shoved on top of it. Loss of the repeating nature of a 6-shot cylinder.
What do you think?
Would it work? If so, would it be ill-advised and why?
If not, why not?
Once more, please note this is purely a question of curiosity as I have neither BP nor a revolving carbine so it's not something I'm about to run out and try!
One of the draw-backs of the revolving carbine style BP gun is the smallish charge capacity compared to regular muzzle loader rifles.
So, I was wondering about this: if you loaded the roundball from the muzzle, seating it just shy of the forcing cone and meanwhile filled the entire cylinder with BP and sealing it with a suitable wad, would it work?
The problems I anticipate are: a different sized projectile for loading from the tighter muzzle end. The risk of an excessive charge with the extra 30% you could probably load. Perhaps a lack of performance because the powder is not tightly compressed by a lead plug being shoved on top of it. Loss of the repeating nature of a 6-shot cylinder.
What do you think?
Would it work? If so, would it be ill-advised and why?
If not, why not?
Once more, please note this is purely a question of curiosity as I have neither BP nor a revolving carbine so it's not something I'm about to run out and try!