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Old 20th October 2008, 09:48 PM   #1
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Mind that the barrels at those times were filled up with (poor) black powder by two thirds of their length!

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Yes but it would never have combusted.
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Yes but it would never have combusted.
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Sorry, I mean that a large mass of unignited powder would have been expelled from the barrel.

You can see the same effect today if you overload a black powder rifle. The powder that never got a chance to burn is expelled.
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