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  • #1
    m1a1driver
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2009
    • 1031

    Experienced my first chainfire today...

    Was out shooting my 1860 Army and experienced my first chain fire. Thankfully the chamber that detonated was to the 2-3 o clock-ish so the bullet did not contact the gun at all...wouldve been a different story if it was on the left side where it could've hit the wedge... Anyway I forgot to grease the chambers after loading which I attribute to be the problem. Scared the crap outta me. I used either grease to seal the chambers or a lubed felt wad afterwards and had no other problems. I was using pinched #11 remington caps because I couldnt find #10 remingtons anywhere... and #10 CCI caps do not fit all the way and require multiple strikes to set off. Hopefully this chainfire will be my last, I would be pretty upset if the bullet had made a gash alongside my revolver...
    Last edited by m1a1driver; 08-25-2012, 11:11 PM.
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      chillincody
      Veteran Member
      • Aug 2011
      • 2675
      WOW thats crazy I am glad you didnt get hurt
      Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774_1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764

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          Ed_Hazard
          Calguns Addict
          • Oct 2008
          • 5146
          Glad you did not get hurt.
          Originally Posted by Sic Boy
          And I bet Jobs surfs porn. If he doesn't, I'll eat a live baby on stage at the next Apple event.
          Originally posted by AJAX22
          Don't F with those guys... they can probably use their teabag to inflict blunt force trauma.


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            • #4
              m1a1driver
              Senior Member
              • Feb 2009
              • 1031
              another reason might be the oversize caps...I need remington #10's but I cant find them anywhere locally...

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                  chillincody
                  Veteran Member
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 2675
                  Originally posted by m1a1driver
                  another reason might be the oversize caps...I need remington #10's but I cant find them anywhere locally...
                  Well IMO safety is first so maybe order them online the wait is worth not having this happen again next time you might not be so lucky
                  Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774_1776, quoting from On Crimes and Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764

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                    • #6
                      TRAP55
                      Calguns Addict
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 5536
                      Anyway I forgot to grease the chambers after loading which I attribute to be the problem. Scared the crap outta me.
                      Wakes ya up, don't it?
                      I'll bet, after checking that all body parts were intact, no blood anywhere, and the all of the gun was still in your hand, you thanked God, and branded a mental note on your brain to NEVER skip checking they were all greased.
                      Cause that's exactly what I did. Then I checked my pants.

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                        • #7
                          animal661
                          Member
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 279
                          Check this site out

                          Shooting the Black Powder Revolver article selection page
                          http://www.geojohn.org/BlackPowder/Revolver.html
                          Select the article you want to read about the black powder revolver from here.


                          Really good info on never having a chain fire
                          Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
                          - Benjamin Franklin

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