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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 239388" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Similar but different story worth remembering:</p><p></p><p>The guy next to me on the firing line was shooting a T/C Omega muzzleloader. It was in the spring and apparently the first range session for him in the new year.</p><p></p><p>He measure his powder charge and dumped it down the barrel. Then he started a sabot bullet and drove it home with the ramrod. Put a 209 primer in place and squeezed the trigger. KA-BOOM</p><p></p><p>Lots of noise, lots of smoke and a considerable amount of recoil. Shooter is VERY surprised by this occurrence but the gun looks OK and the reloading sequence is repeated. When the sabot is driven down onto the new powder charge the guy says "hey - the rod went down much farther this time".</p><p></p><p>It wasn't long before he & I realized what had caused the KA-BOOM. The muzzleloader, which the guy left loaded between outings last fall had been left fully charged (no primer) all winter while the rifle sat in his gun cabinet. He admitted that he could not remember ever taking the charge out at the end of the year.</p><p></p><p>On this first day out again he put a second powder charge and a second projectile right on top of the one that was in the bore all winter. KA-BOOM The fact that the gun withstood this level of abuse is a testament to the high strength of T/C's muzzleloaders. The fact that the guy didn't get hurt and that he continued to shoot that rifle was simply amazing.</p><p></p><p>I guess it's a mistake that anyone could make now that we have new non-corrosive BP substitute powders available and don't have to unload BP rifles that are not fired afield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 239388, member: 313"] Similar but different story worth remembering: The guy next to me on the firing line was shooting a T/C Omega muzzleloader. It was in the spring and apparently the first range session for him in the new year. He measure his powder charge and dumped it down the barrel. Then he started a sabot bullet and drove it home with the ramrod. Put a 209 primer in place and squeezed the trigger. KA-BOOM Lots of noise, lots of smoke and a considerable amount of recoil. Shooter is VERY surprised by this occurrence but the gun looks OK and the reloading sequence is repeated. When the sabot is driven down onto the new powder charge the guy says "hey - the rod went down much farther this time". It wasn't long before he & I realized what had caused the KA-BOOM. The muzzleloader, which the guy left loaded between outings last fall had been left fully charged (no primer) all winter while the rifle sat in his gun cabinet. He admitted that he could not remember ever taking the charge out at the end of the year. On this first day out again he put a second powder charge and a second projectile right on top of the one that was in the bore all winter. KA-BOOM The fact that the gun withstood this level of abuse is a testament to the high strength of T/C's muzzleloaders. The fact that the guy didn't get hurt and that he continued to shoot that rifle was simply amazing. I guess it's a mistake that anyone could make now that we have new non-corrosive BP substitute powders available and don't have to unload BP rifles that are not fired afield. [/QUOTE]
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