I personally have never had any trouble with Spanish in-lines, or CVA's. The
only trouble I've ever had, was after buying a poorly maintained one. The only
trouble I've seen, is when someone overloads, and hammers in shot. As a maker of
many of my own traditional style, I use CVA as a good reference, as well as
historical references. I grew up using CVA. As for loading procedure I looked up
military references on loading, 1620-1790 era.

DavidP005 <dave@...> wrote:
I agree with Mike. Yes there are SOME poorly made black powder guns;
But many of the accidents I've read about and witnessed first hand have
been due to the fault of the shooter. Most of the accidents I've
witnessed were due to either lack of care for the firearm OR putting in
loads that exceeded recomendations, ie 250 grain loads repedidly, OR
not having the projectile properly seated on the charge or a
combination of all 3. I have also seen people smoking as theve been
poring powder down the bore.

It is good to ask if there are any poorly made black powder fire arms
being produced, but not knowing the gentileman in question I can not
properly vouch for the accident data he is using. I'd be doubly
curious as mike mentioned to know if the firearms in questioned were
loaded or handled incorrectly. Especially if he gets paid for
promoting certain guns and makers as it sounds.

Tex Peterson

--- In Muzzleloaders@yahoogroups.com, "45-70-405" <45-70-405@...> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know anything about the saftey issues with the spanish
> > import in-lines? I was reading some of Randy Wakeman's articles
> > on "chuckhawks.com"and he sited 3 accidents with CVA's and 1 with a
> > Tradition's that are pending litigation.
>
> I would want more specific info on the accidents and the causes before
> paying much attention to Wakeman. What actually happened, what were
the
> loads, were the projectiles seated on the powder? Any muzzleloader
can give
> the shooter a bad experience if loaded or handled incorrectly.
>
> Wakeman has a vested interest in promoting certain guns and makers.
>
> Mike Lee
>






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