This is footage from the Deep South Region July Fun Shoot last weekend.
I had just panned the camera away from the line, when the last shooter at the end of the line had a cookoff. He was loading for his second shot. He was fine. Might have a BP tattoo for a while.
I also had a cookoff this weekend, also in the musket match. It was also my second shot. I was also fine, as my charge did not go off until I was dropping my cartridge tube into my tin cup on my belt.
One thing I noticed is that my nipple was wet from my "possum piss" (1/3 isopropyl alcohol, 1/3 hydrogen peroxide, 1/3 Murphy's Oil Soap) - I had saturated the cleaning patch and some had leaked out the fire channel. I don't know if this has anything to do with anything.
It was also quite hot this weekend. Barrels easily got too hot to touch during matches, but I would not expect them to be very hot after one shot.
I have had 4 cookoffs now in 7 years of shooting. I am about skeptical of the cotton medical gauze I have been using for cheap cleaning patches. They pull "fuzz" very easily. I am seriously considering not doing any patch wiping during matches and using a brass bristle brush only.
Steve
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