Blowing down barrel

[Bigsmoke]

My offer still stands,... ANYONE who can get my muzzleloaders to FIRE without LOADING them, can have them.  :rotf  :rotf  :rotf  :rotf  

[Uncle Russ]

My offer still stands,... ANYONE who can get my muzzleloaders to FIRE without LOADING them, can have them.  :lol:

Uncle Russ...

[rollingb]

My offer still stands,... ANYONE who can get my muzzleloaders to FIRE without LOADING them, can have them.  :rotf  :rotf  :rotf  :rotf  

BTW,... I require "RIBEYES'N TATERS" at least 3 times a day, but my choice of "drinks" is flexible and negotialble.    

[Uncle Russ]

BTW,... I require "RIBEYES'N TATERS" at least 3 times a day, but my choice of "drinks" is flexible and negotialble.

Geeesh! Reckon I ain't going to ask ya to stop by on your way Bigsmoke's afterall.  :rotf

Uncle Russ...

[rollingb]

BTW,... I require "RIBEYES'N TATERS" at least 3 times a day, but my choice of "drinks" is flexible and negotialble.

Geeesh! Reckon I ain't going to ask ya to stop by on your way Bigsmoke's afterall.  :rotf :rotf  

[Captchee]

boy im glad im no where near uncles russ .
  :shock:  :lol:  

[mark davidson]

Well, I am new to this and never heard of this barrel blowing before just now. It would never have occurred to me in my wildest dreams to put the barrel of my gun to my mouth. In short, that is a habit I do not have and will not develop. :-)

[wwpete52]

I do it, have always done it, will continue to do it for the reasons stated above.

[LRB]

Me too!!!

[J.D.]

Been blowing down the barrel since the late '60's with no ill results, nor have I seen anyone injured by blowing down the barrel, in all that time...and I have seen it all.

I have seen a load whoosh as a powder charge was dropped into the bore, but  never a problem with blowing down the barrel.

Every safety talk I have ever heard tells us that we should not load directly from the horn or flask, using only a measure to pour powder into the bore. The reason given is to prevent the horn from blowing up from any  spark remaining in the bore.

IMHO, a spark remaining in the breech creates a MUCH higher chance of AD than blowing down the bore.  

I suggest that those folks who do not want the muzzle pointing at your body parts, for any reason, should not shoot ML guns. There is absolutely no way that anyone can load a MLr without exposing some body part to the muzzle.

As always, common sense MUST prevail over rules and regulations inflicted by paranoid regulators.

God bless

[James Kelly]

Me, I drop the ramrod down the barrel a couple of times until it stops smoking.
You have a problem with paranoid?

[Loyalist Dave]

BTW,... I require "RIBEYES'N TATERS" at least 3 times a day, but my choice of "drinks" is flexible and negotialble.

NOW that study will require a control group, so I'm coming with my guns too, for the length of the study.

LD

[bluelake]

A one anna two anna, "Blow down the barrel.  We'll have a barrel of fun!"  

Sorry, I can't get that tune out of my head...

[Bigsmoke]

We've got the blues on the run. :happy

[Uncle Russ]

A one anna two anna, "Blow down the barrel. We'll have a barrel of fun!"

  :rotf  



Uncle Russ...