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Thanks for the comments.

My Remington barrels are like the lower picture, which I thoght was called "star & horsehoe"; but perhaps I'm mistaken on that name.

I can't do photos right now -- I'm awaiting a new connector cable from Kodak. Will do so later this month.

This weekend our group is off to South Dakota for pheasant. I'm using a 1905 L.C. Smith with steel barrels to shoot more powerful 1-1/4 oz. loads of #5's. Hope some of the corn is cut...

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I'll be in Presho in 2 wks Jerry, and good choice for your pheasant whacker I'd be happy to post your pic for you if you'll send it to revdoc2@cox.net by jpg attachment.

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Originally Posted By: builder
What 2 Piper said.

I would add that there are those who feel that 7625 if kept toward the light side can ignite late, partly down the barrel and do damage.

I have switched to PB and keep my loads at 5K PSI and use it year round. One ounce and around 1125 fps. Check the book and I think you might be happier.


Builder; I have never personally witnessed this, but I do believe it is something that can happen & your post is spot on. There is some pretty reliable speculation that this was a likely cause of some of the bursts in the early days of smokeless powder which occured a ways down the bbl & it was almost positive the bore had not been obstructed. Primers which had been adequate for black were not hot enough for the harder to ignite smokeless. Seems there may be just enough ignition to start the charge moving with full ignition taking place late. The projectile itself thus becomes an obstruction to the now rapidly moving gasses. It is a well established fact that rapoidly moving gases against a stationary obstruction can burst a bbl & I see no reason the same could not occur against a slow moving one. For all these reasons for the last 25+ years I personally do not load loads with manual pressures lower than the 6-7K psi range. For pressures lower than about 8.5K I do not use powders slower than Green Dot, PB or eguivelent. Guns having minimum chamber wall thickness I generally reserve for only moderate loads of BP. While we certainly don't always need max everything I think many go overboard in the opposite direction & just may be putting their guns at an unneccessary risk in the process.


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2-piper,

I also have not witnessed it but a friend from this board says he has seen it twice. I respect his experience. Thanks for the confirmation.

I tried a 7625 load at around 4200psi in a topgun hull which is supposed to be the same inside as a gold medal for loading purposes (I had a lot of empty hulls so I was going to use them one time for reloading and throw them out). It was a one ounce load. The weather was reasonably warm and it fired fine but the barrels were completely lined with unburned powder particles. I used a claybuster wad and the load came out of their internet site. I dropped the whole thing and went back to PB. This was before I heard about the barrel bursting from 7625.


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