For anyone considering an Indian manufactured Flintlock

[sturmkatze]

What is the risk of burst on any reproduction gun? I was told blanks can spike if not rammed properly.
Do these makers proof?

They don’t let you even use a ran rod in the US. What happens is the powder builds up and then a mass of it might touch off.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

 

[wiscoaster]

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Do these makers proof?

Only random sample barrels are proofed by and at the Indian manufacturer. Individual firearms are expected to be proofed by the purchasing end user, if they choose to do so. Loyalist Arms gave me detailed instructions for proofing my Sea Service pistol barrel, and supplied a fuse to do it with. But I elected to skip proofing, relying on the fact that I'll never, ever load that gun with the charge needed to proof it anyway.

 

[tenngun]

All hand made anything is not going to be perfect, that’s a given. At what point did barrels start to be bored from a solid? It was a long number of years before the US had the technology to stop forming wrought iron around a mandrel. Even the highly advanced French gunmakers had problems holding anything under .040” tolerances on gun barrels. So comparing 260 year old tech against correct DOM metal tube practice is silly.

I do not disagree with the part about being a farb at some point. But to knowingly linger at that part is a failure to do your best. I will always look in pity at those who purposely stagnate themselves.

So you can’t play until your 100% correct
What bull!
I’ve been doing this for almost fifty years, each year I’m a little better.
I recall things we all thought was correct in the 1970s and 80s that are snickered at now.
My SMR has a German style lock, I thought that proper when I built it, research in the before computer was what you could find in buckskin report and local library
So, I should be looked down on when I’m doing early nineteenth century stuff because the locks incorrect
No one with an Indian or a perdisoli is ‘lingering in failure or stagnated
We’re all doing our best, or we’re doing what makes us happy
Your snobbery is disquieting and does little to expand our hobby

 

[Tumbledown]

What is the risk of burst on any reproduction gun? I was told blanks can spike if not rammed properly.
Do these makers proof?

It's a blank. There's nothing to obstruct the barrel, and nothing to cause a spike. Yes, there's the paper from the cartridge *if* that's rammed down, but that is not going to offer any resistance.

 

[Tumbledown]

But I elected to skip proofing, relying on the fact that I'll never, ever load that gun with the charge needed to proof it anyway.

Your logic is flawed. Proofing is to ensure it is safe at a *normal* charge. If the barrel can withstand a double load, it is safe at normal levels. You're assuming it's safe from the start.

 

[wiscoaster]

Your logic is flawed ...... You're assuming it's safe from the start.

I'm assuming there are no manufacturing defects. I'm assuming proofing the sample barrels validated the manufacturing process. That's my logic and there's no flaw in my logic I use to choose to not proof my barrel. The only possible flaw in the process is in not assuming the barrel is safe to shoot because I've proofed it myself, but rather it's in trusting the manufacturer to not produce a flawed barrel. There is a small but not zero probability my decision logic leads to a bad experience with a defective barrel. But, frankly, I think the probability is so small that it can be ignored; at least I'm willing to do so given the constraints I operate within. And I recommend anyone else make their own decision whether to proof or not to proof. I'm not advocating one way or the other.

As a former professional pilot, I have quite a bit of experience dealing with weighing the probabilities of undesirable outcomes vs. the desired outcome and deciding on a course of action that produces the desired outcome when eliminating all protential undesirable outcomes could only be done by not achieving the desired outcome at all.

No one is or can ever be perfectly safe at all times and in all circumstances.