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Marcus den toom · 10th December 2014, 07:41 AM

I would say this is a working life repair of the igniting pan

After so many shots, the corrosive blackpoder charge would have eaten right trough the quit thinly made pan... and no good can come from a pan with a hole in it.

10th December 2014, 07:41 AM	#96
Marcus den toom Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Netherlands Posts: 534	I would say this is a working life repair of the igniting pan After so many shots, the corrosive blackpoder charge would have eaten right trough the quit thinly made pan... and no good can come from a pan with a hole in it.