01-10-2020, 12:44 PM | #41 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
Well, unless it includes the bullet and primer, it won't actually function as one. However, pre-measured containers of powder are certainly a real thing for artillery and probably were for guns prior to pre-wrapped cartridges.
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01-10-2020, 12:57 PM | #42 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
"Charges" might be the better word.
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01-10-2020, 04:41 PM | #43 | ||
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
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01-10-2020, 04:47 PM | #44 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
True, it's more "ignites fast enough to turn into a fireball" than a proper explosion, but it's still a perfectly fine hazard.
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01-10-2020, 05:13 PM | #45 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
Just at the moment we're having more trouble than we can handle with grass and eucalyptus trees.
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01-10-2020, 05:18 PM | #46 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
Those sound familiar, but they won't be causing problems around here for a while (yes, California has Eucalyptus trees, because our own native fire hazards weren't good enough for someone...).
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01-10-2020, 05:50 PM | #47 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
Pre-measured charges for muzzle-loading small arms have been a thing for centuries. Early versions were small flasks of powder carried on bandoliers. Later versions were paper cartridges (the origin of the 'cartridge paper' used by artists today) that you tore open (usually with your teeth - having good teeth was a requirement for infantry in some armies), then emptied down the barrel, and the paper plus ball was then rammed in, with the paper acting as the wad.
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01-10-2020, 06:08 PM | #48 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
I pretty much assumed that, I just didn't remember off the top of my head or feel like doing the research at the time I was writing
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01-10-2020, 06:18 PM | #49 |
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
That would imply the fouling would have predictable effects, and I'm not sure that would be true. Too many factors (heat, relative humidity, length of time between shots, how the wadding, er, wadded...) interacting in ways difficult to measure without sensors throughout the weapon, and then it's no longer a locally produced low-tech muzzle-loader.
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Re: High/ultra tech sights/accessories on muzzle-loaders
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It would only look like loading a musket with a bird's-eye chilli.
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