ill Mendham
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Is shooting a flintlock with a load of blackpowder but no load of shot or ball safe? If so, what is the safe way to do this. All help for this .17 cal newbie is appreciated.
Ill - Re-enactors do it all the time. Pour the powder down and don't point the muzzle down until after you fire it. Make sure you don't point your gun at anything you done want to destroy or kill. You can kill people with just the powder. If you want your gun to make a good crack put some wadding down after the powder. 1/4 to 1/2 inch should do just fine.
You can kill people with just the powder.
You can kill people with just the powder.
How do you do that then? Insert the muzzle into a bodily orifice? Dislodge some heavy object that falls on their head perhaps?
You can kill people with just the powder.
How do you do that then? Insert the muzzle into a bodily orifice? Dislodge some heavy object that falls on their head perhaps?
You can kill people with just the powder.
How do you do that then? Insert the muzzle into a bodily orifice? Dislodge some heavy object that falls on their head perhaps?
You can kill people with just the powder.
How do you do that then? Insert the muzzle into a bodily orifice? Dislodge some heavy object that falls on their head perhaps?
I think it could be the concussion (shock wave) of the explosion that causes death at close range...
'Cause when you're close behind me and shoot and happen to pop my eardrum, blow my hat off and set my hair on fire,
Talking of experiments , we did some trials with both cannon and musket with the idea of knowing exactly what was required for blank fireing and crowd control.
We fired a cannon several times at a target made of white newspaper sheet 5 yds wide by 2 yds high from 10 yds. We put a sheet of paper on the ground in front of the cannon. The experiment was repeated with a musket with 100g of FF and a paper wad on top.
Nothing reached the target from the cannon which was loaded with 3 ounces of powder wrapped in aluminium foil, nothing landed on the sheet in front. A shock wave did hit and ruffled or tore the paper in places but not enough to need more than a few staples to put the target back.
Nothing hit the target from 10 yds from the musket.
So the answer is do your own tests and you may be surprised as to how much is fact and what is pure fiction.
:thanks: Everyone!
Shot the Brown Bess. My first time ever shooting blackpowder! So much fun! So thanks again for the guidance.
I was being pretty conservative with the loads. Started with 60 grains went to 65. Anyone know what a safe load is if you are not shooting ball (Parade ROund?)? I have a Brown Bess from Middlesex Village.
Also, the report was more of a whoosh most of the time. Is this because of a low powder load? Because I didn't use "wadding"? If so, what can I use for wadding?
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