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Originally Posted by milkmanjoe
Didn't piss me off. I have eight sisters and three young kids, pissing me off is an impossibility. 
So why do we ram a wad down the barrel of a black powder rifle. To hold stuff in place, compress the powder, or both?
I have seen a drunk Marine forget the wad and the ball roll out the end of the barrel. I about pis*sed my self for a week laughing. |
Well… yes to holding stuff in place. It would seem the ball is just as important. The powder needs to stay in the base of the chamber in close proximity to the primer charge or cap orifice. You’re basically building a modern round in the bottom of your barrel each time you shoot. Powder compression is still relatively minor, the more wadding between the powder and the shot the less compression you will achieve.