I touched one of these off in my Garage one time
I really did! Not a Big Deal in the Country, But i live Right in Town
I was shooting my 1:15 Twist Small Bore Long Ranger, I forgot to Pop a Cap Straight Through After Swabbing (To break the Crud Free in the Fire Channel) These Small FAST Twist Bores are FINICKY here, They will literally Plug up and Hangfire, or Worse yet, Not Fire at all. Which is precisely what happened to me, I had no tools with me This Particular Day, No way to get the Nipple out? etc. I had no choice but to Come home with a loaded gun that wouldn’t go off.
I get home, I Removed the Nipple, Blasted Compressed Air Through the Hole, The Bullet Came Flying Right Out Immediately (Land Rider)
The Powder and Wool Felt Wad Stayed, I couldn’t get them out? Air just Blew Through the Powder Charge and Wool Wad. Instead of Driving up on the Hill and Popping this off, Or Just Washing it out, I thought to myself? There’s no Bullet in here, ONLY a Wool Felt Over Powder Wad, No Harm in just this little Wad? The Rifle had a 70 Grain Charge in it. I sprinkled a few Grains of Swiss 3F in the Breech Hole, Replaced the Nipple, Capped her up, and Headed for my little 1 Car Garage To Discharge it
I Pointed the Rifle up in the Corner and Touched it off,
KABOOOOOM!! Holy Ballz!! It was then that I realized I hadn’t Dusted my Rafters
The Concussion in this Little Enclosed Building was INTENSE to Say the Least, And it was getting REALLY Smoky in there Fast, I made a
Nonchalant Exit like nothing had Happened? I left the Door open so the Smoke could Billow Out
Here came my Wife around the Corner in a Hurry, “Did you just Shoot in the Garage?” I said Nah, I just popped a Cap off
It’s funny to look back on Doing that
What was i thinking? I knew better than that! That was the 1st, and Last time I’ve ever thought of Doing that