.54 cal percussion cap with set trigger: clean up and shooting

[Sharpie44]

Posted a video of me shooting my brothers Connecticut valley arms percussion .54 cal. I had to clean it up a bit first because it was sitting in the basement for the last two years. He is off with the navy but before he left he apparently loaded this gun and couldn't get it to go off. Then he put it in the basement and forgot to tell anyone. So when i took it home to clean it up and do this shooting video i discovered it was loaded. What i found inside the gun reminded me that my brother is not very informed when it comes to black powder firearms. It was loaded with what I think is smokeless pistol powder. I'm not 100% on that but it wasn't black powder. I show exactly what i found in the vidio but you might be more interested in the shooting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntrcts-Ln8g

 

[izzyjoe]

i've got the same rifle, but mine's a .50 cal. if you decide to keep it, those are some good shootin' rifles.

 

[jamesthomas]

That certainly does'nt look like BP to me. I'm glad you decided to pull the load instead of trying to fire it!! :bow: I would also be very glad your brother was unable to get it to fire!! you might just be short a brother because that looked like A LOT of SMOKELESS POWDER!.

 

[William O.]

Posted a video of me shooting my brothers Connecticut valley arms percussion .54 cal. I had to clean it up a bit first because it was sitting in the basement for the last two years. He is off with the navy but before he left he apparently loaded this gun and couldn't get it to go off. Then he put it in the basement and forgot to tell anyone. So when i took it home to clean it up and do this shooting video i discovered it was loaded. What i found inside the gun reminded me that my brother is not very informed when it comes to black powder firearms. It was loaded with what I think is smokeless pistol powder. I'm not 100% on that but it wasn't black powder. I show exactly what i found in the vidio but you might be more interested in the shooting.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntrcts-Ln8g

If that is indeed smokeless powder it may very well have killed or maimed your brother had it gone off when he tried to fire it. Good that you pulled the load and made the rifle safe, but the next time your brother is home, please teach him the difference between the two types of powder.

 

[BE Wild Willy]

I'd put money on that is "extruded" smokeless rifle powder.