Well, now you know. Most likely the ball scooted forward do to it not be ensnuggened about the bore since it was missing its patch.
Exploding CVA barrel
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Next time you want to know if there is a blockage first use the rammer to measure depth. Then put a patch on a rod or rammer. Then pop a cap. Then remove patch and observe scorching and or smell burning.
Oh, and read and understand loading practices and charge weights or measures around the use of black powder substitutes.
Oh, and read and understand loading practices and charge weights or measures around the use of black powder substitutes.
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Also there could be a seam in the metal.
Greenjoytj
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I built a CVA flintlock kit in 1977. It worked just ok, but ate flints fast. Later I read that some of these Spanish built CVA rifles had poorly threaded breach plugs. So with a potentially badly thread breach plug I quit using the rifle.
I still have it I just won’t shoot it any more.
I believe the OP was intentionally trying to kaboom his rifle, and he succeeded perfectly. Job well done bravo.
I still have it I just won’t shoot it any more.
I believe the OP was intentionally trying to kaboom his rifle, and he succeeded perfectly. Job well done bravo.
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Never shoot a lose ball in a rifle.
And a 120 grains of 3F in a 45 caliber? Are you nuts ?
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It’s odd that such protections were taken for a routine “safety check”. Almost as if the exploding barrel was anticipated
120 grains of 3 F powder with a lose ball…. Yeap, this was purposely done.
A pity. Some of us on lower incomes would cherish such a rifle, CVA or otherwise.
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Soling,
With all respect to you and your intentions to make sure your gun was safe: I was always told that a test is good, but the barrel metal and breech plug need to be examined and or tested by a metallurgist to verify the integrity of the tested items was not compromised. Just because a barrel withstands a certain higher charge does not proove that it is safe for another at an even lower charge. A higher charge can weaken the barrel, but not necessarily make it fail on that discharge.
I leave the testing to the manufacturer. Again happy to hear you are OK.
Larry
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I heard of blowing up barrels so I tried it? I found it hard to do even if you succeed you would be a rare bird! After numerous tries I finally gave up! I was out of breath and my lips were sore! LOL!
Sam squanch
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That’s smokeless damage.
It sure doesn't look like black powder residue/fouling.
ADK Bigfoot
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I just built a 45 cal rifle and cannot for the life of me understand any powder charge in excess of 75gr FF.
Several people have referenced the OP as using "Triple 7". He didn't say that. He said "triple f", another way of saying fff. He says he used regular Goex black. Personally, if I had used a gun in turkey shoots a number of times I wouldn't see any need to proof test it, and I don't quite understand his procedure for checking to see if it was loaded. However, I have seen many muzzleloader shooters do things that I would not necessarily do. Seems maybe just not a lot of experience, rather than a troll.
Proof loads are usually maximum published (from a recognized source), load + 10%, fired 3 times. That is what I have always done. It’s not really that hard to make one come apart. Is there a chance the ball moved away from the charge before you touched it off? Save the schrapnel and splinters, they may fit somewhere some day.
See that's the problem. You followed the black sheep off a cliff lol. Their breech plug issue was one ONE model and that was the 1995-96 cva Apollo.
The cva sidelocks have one of the strongest breech plugs ever designed.
Really? I think you will find a proof load is about double the standard charge.
Saying a 45 with a service charge of 60gn is proofed with just 66gn is crazy!
My Hodgdon manual (25 edition) shows 90 grains of fff as a maximum load with a round ball for the 45 cal rifle; plus 10% is about 100 grains.
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