Blakeslee detonations

[PJ Hardtack]

In one of the Spencer articles sent to me, there was mention of known detonations occurring in Blakeslee boxes. Gotta wonder how this happened with RF ammo.

Also included was the NPS Manual of Arms for the Spencer, showing a shooter resting the muzzle vertically on his toe and dumping in a tube of cartridges. Really?

Even with blanks, this does not strike me as a good idea.

[mgmradio]

I believe that most of the Blakeslee detonations happened with partially filled tubes. This allowed the cartridges to bounce against each other.

[Drydock]

Partial tubes, bouncing on a horse, primitive, sometimes oversensitive priming compounds.  One of several reasons the Blakeslee was not all that popular in the field.

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