Ringing the chamber.......................
Marsh,
There has been a lot of talk about this. I have seen a very nice Trapdoor that had a rung chamber, makes you want to cry. I am going to stick my neck waaaaay out here and say this--IMO I do not believe that it is possible to ring a chamber with black powder. Boy that ought to stir folks up some. Now I'm not saying that you can't ring a chamber, just that you can't with Black. And can't with black may be to strong a way of saying it. Let me explain. Up until about 1930 or so, almost all Schuetzen was shoot with black powder and breech seated bullets. Therefor every shot had an airspace, every shot. An airspace in the loading of your ammo is usually the reason given for a rung chamber. I have severeal loads that are loaded intentionly with an airspace. I always thought I was really tempting fate with these, but they shot soooo well. That was until this months Black Powder Cartridge News arrived. Steve Garbe speaks to this airspace case syndrome. And he also loads some of his ammo with a airspace. That sold me.
Now ringing a chamber with smokeless powder can be easyly done. And I feel that most rung chambers are done with smokeless. Black Powder <IMO> does not cause the pressure spike needed to ring a chamber.
Gunny
Marsh,
There has been a lot of talk about this. I have seen a very nice Trapdoor that had a rung chamber, makes you want to cry. I am going to stick my neck waaaaay out here and say this--IMO I do not believe that it is possible to ring a chamber with black powder. Boy that ought to stir folks up some. Now I'm not saying that you can't ring a chamber, just that you can't with Black. And can't with black may be to strong a way of saying it. Let me explain. Up until about 1930 or so, almost all Schuetzen was shoot with black powder and breech seated bullets. Therefor every shot had an airspace, every shot. An airspace in the loading of your ammo is usually the reason given for a rung chamber. I have severeal loads that are loaded intentionly with an airspace. I always thought I was really tempting fate with these, but they shot soooo well. That was until this months Black Powder Cartridge News arrived. Steve Garbe speaks to this airspace case syndrome. And he also loads some of his ammo with a airspace. That sold me.
Now ringing a chamber with smokeless powder can be easyly done. And I feel that most rung chambers are done with smokeless. Black Powder <IMO> does not cause the pressure spike needed to ring a chamber.
Gunny