thats odd or is it normal
12-14-2009, 05:49 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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thats odd or is it normal
I went out the other day. A few days ago i prepped my triumph I thought it was unloaded but was unsure. Ofcourse loading it over another load would be bad i would think 
. So i held it barrel down and removed the breech plug. I could not see in it so i figured it was loaded so i put the plug back in. It would not turn but it would go in all the way in just not turn. I wondered what to do. I figured unload it swap it out as it had sit for a about a week and 5 days. It was a pain in the butt to push out i got it out and the poweder was in 2 large pieces with some loose. It felt like a pellets but it was loose when it went in. I figured it had got wet from moisture. I felt it and it seemed dry but real hard i did get it to bust up. Is this normal for leaving it loaded a long time.
Also when i looked down the barrel it looked like it had been shot and put up dirty
I got real worried about rust. so i ran a dry patch down the barrel and I think it was unshot powder as it was just powder. Would this be a issue with moisture and rust? I cleaned it real well no rust from what i could see. Got three clean patches. I then rubbed alcohol and reloaded it. When i reloaded it i ran a slightly wet alcohol patch to clean any powder out there was some but not as much as before.
. So i held it barrel down and removed the breech plug. I could not see in it so i figured it was loaded so i put the plug back in. It would not turn but it would go in all the way in just not turn. I wondered what to do. I figured unload it swap it out as it had sit for a about a week and 5 days. It was a pain in the butt to push out i got it out and the poweder was in 2 large pieces with some loose. It felt like a pellets but it was loose when it went in. I figured it had got wet from moisture. I felt it and it seemed dry but real hard i did get it to bust up. Is this normal for leaving it loaded a long time. Also when i looked down the barrel it looked like it had been shot and put up dirty
I got real worried about rust. so i ran a dry patch down the barrel and I think it was unshot powder as it was just powder. Would this be a issue with moisture and rust? I cleaned it real well no rust from what i could see. Got three clean patches. I then rubbed alcohol and reloaded it. When i reloaded it i ran a slightly wet alcohol patch to clean any powder out there was some but not as much as before.
12-14-2009, 06:21 PM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
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bigtim6656
For me I would say pretty much normal. It is fairly easy to compress T7 into a block.
In fact i have even collected the block + the loose that comes out -reloaded it and shot it - just to see it shot pretty good but I know it was missing some grains.
I also agree that it does feel dry - I have kinda blaimed it on the membrane around each grain of powder. I think that membrane gets to be a little tacky under compression.
Mind you I am just guessing... but I have run into your description several times through the years.... Oh! one other thing i have noticed... it only takes a very light touch to break up the whole block...
For me I would say pretty much normal. It is fairly easy to compress T7 into a block.
In fact i have even collected the block + the loose that comes out -reloaded it and shot it - just to see it shot pretty good but I know it was missing some grains.
I also agree that it does feel dry - I have kinda blaimed it on the membrane around each grain of powder. I think that membrane gets to be a little tacky under compression.
Mind you I am just guessing... but I have run into your description several times through the years.... Oh! one other thing i have noticed... it only takes a very light touch to break up the whole block...
12-14-2009, 06:27 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,607
bigtim6656
For me I would say pretty much normal. It is fairly easy to compress T7 into a block.
In fact i have even collected the block + the loose that comes out -reloaded it and shot it - just to see it shot pretty good but I know it was missing some grains.
I also agree that it does feel dry - I have kinda blaimed it on the membrane around each grain of powder. I think that membrane gets to be a little tacky under compression.
Mind you I am just guessing... but I have run into your description several times through the years.... Oh! one other thing i have noticed... it only takes a very light touch to break up the whole block...
For me I would say pretty much normal. It is fairly easy to compress T7 into a block.
In fact i have even collected the block + the loose that comes out -reloaded it and shot it - just to see it shot pretty good but I know it was missing some grains.
I also agree that it does feel dry - I have kinda blaimed it on the membrane around each grain of powder. I think that membrane gets to be a little tacky under compression.
Mind you I am just guessing... but I have run into your description several times through the years.... Oh! one other thing i have noticed... it only takes a very light touch to break up the whole block...
