My brother-in-law almost killed himself when the barrel of his was blocked by a previous load. It certainly screwed up the rifle....LOL!
My brother-in-law almost killed himself when the barrel of his was blocked by a previous load. It certainly screwed up the rifle....LOL!My guess is a previously loaded charge. - faucetman
I recall from Basic ROTC being told that after a battle during the muzzle-loading era a musket was found to have been loaded some eight times (IIRC) without ever firing. The soldier must have been pretty excited, to have not noticed that the first load didn’t fire, and then to have reloaded and “fired” to no effect several times thereafter, without realizing what was - and what was not - happening!