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Kiln |
Aug 17 2016, 03:57 PM
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QUOTE(Acadian @ Aug 17 2016, 12:28 PM) Heh, that may be why black powder guns are no longer so popular. . . It's a lot easier to load and clean modern firearms so sales on the old designs have slowed. Many old designs eventually die. Very few persist beyond a few decades. The 1911 (which I'm sure you know well) , Hi Power, and a few com bloc guns being the exception.
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He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche
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mALX |
Aug 18 2016, 01:19 PM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 17 2016, 07:43 AM) Nice day yesterday evening, so out I went once again with six loaded chambers. Had to find out why I was missing the target so much last time. Turns out the rumors I´d heard about the Remington 1858 were true: it prints really high. I guess it´s because so they could shoot longer distances, what with black powder not being so powerful. I increased my distance to the target and held well below (into the ground under it) and then I started to get hits on the upper part of said target. It really prints high After that I loaded up six more, but this time I had a misfire. The cap went off but the ball stayed in the chamber. I heavily suspect it was becuase of my excess lubrication after last time´s cleaning. This time I was more careful not to drench vital parts in oil. Anyway, with a new cap the ball flew out and all was well. Don´t have more than three balls left now and only one patch (that goes between the powder and the ball) so no more shooting for now. Probably not until next year, if even then. I´ll soon have a new toy to toy with (I know, saw from the nearby trees) Those guns became extinct for a reason; it is called blown up hands and faces! Use extreme care with that gun.
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mirocu |
Aug 18 2016, 01:37 PM
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QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 18 2016, 02:19 PM) Those guns became extinct for a reason; it is called blown up hands and faces! Use extreme care with that gun.
Extreme care is taken, I assure you Guns blown up usually happens when you load a black powder gun with modern smokeless powder which has a much higher pressure curve that the gun is not designed to handle. Normal loads with black powder or black powder substitute combined with proper precautions and use, the risk is quite low. I use real black powder and I always cap all loaded chambers and grease the front so there´s no risk of a spark entering another chamber when firing. I also have a thick patch between the powder and the ball so in essence I´m really doing everything I possibly can to prevent accidents. Which is all I can really do
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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mALX |
Aug 18 2016, 02:05 PM
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Ancient
Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Aug 18 2016, 09:00 AM) Hehe. Got a pellet gun I borrowed from my brother-in-law. Taking out these damn pigeons!! One by one. The ones that can't fly are executed!
The days of cleaning up bird drippings is soon coming at an end!
You are executing Mirocu's friends? GAAAAAH!!!! QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 18 2016, 08:37 AM) QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 18 2016, 02:19 PM) Those guns became extinct for a reason; it is called blown up hands and faces! Use extreme care with that gun.
Extreme care is taken, I assure you Guns blown up usually happens when you load a black powder gun with modern smokeless powder which has a much higher pressure curve that the gun is not designed to handle. Normal loads with black powder or black powder substitute combined with proper precautions and use, the risk is quite low. I use real black powder and I always cap all loaded chambers and grease the front so there´s no risk of a spark entering another chamber when firing. I also have a thick patch between the powder and the ball so in essence I´m really doing everything I possibly can to prevent accidents. Which is all I can really do The squirrel watches from the trees to make sure you follow all safety measures,
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Uleni Athram |
Aug 18 2016, 02:21 PM
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Joined: 19-September 11
From: From: From: From
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 18 2016, 10:06 PM) Friends don´t poop on friend´s car or motorcycle Good show, DE! They don't? Well... Uhh... Wow, I err..... Hmm.... You know.... Carry on, ladies. *runs away frantically*
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mALX |
Aug 18 2016, 03:36 PM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN
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QUOTE(Uleni Athram @ Aug 18 2016, 09:21 AM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 18 2016, 10:06 PM) Friends don´t poop on friend´s car or motorcycle Good show, DE! They don't? Well... Uhh... Wow, I err..... Hmm.... You know.... Carry on, ladies. *runs away frantically* SPEW!!!
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Darkness Eternal |
Aug 18 2016, 10:11 PM
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Joined: 10-June 11
From: Coldharbour
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QUOTE(mALX @ Aug 18 2016, 10:08 PM) QUOTE(Darkness Eternal @ Aug 18 2016, 04:34 PM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Aug 18 2016, 02:06 PM) Friends don´t poop on friend´s car or motorcycle Good show, DE! Wait, we don't?? And now neither you or Uleni are invited to ride my motorcycle (should I ever get one) since you have both admitted to a lack of housebreaking and plans to redecorate the seat in your favorite fudge dragon decorl What? No! That's no fair.
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mirocu |
Sep 8 2016, 01:43 PM
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Lol birdIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
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