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I really wish I could recall. It was an article in a gun mag (I believe it was G&A?) back in the early 90s. I remember that it was an UNDER loaded round, and said that the powder detonated instead of ignited because of being under loaded. Could've been an air pocket. I'm sure the fellows that reload can answer that.
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Detonated = Burned all at once
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Solid particulates can detonate when they are evenly suspended in air, but inside a cartridge casing is what is really disturbing here. Maybe it was bad powder, I mean really bad powder that has been exposed to some chemical or heat, causing polymerization which transformed the powder into a plastic explosive-like material. Damn, someone oughtta run some experiments in a lab with this.
Another reason why I don't play with smokeless. Black powder only and full capacity only. (With .45 Schofield, there is no reason to underload with BP anyway) Maybe smokeless is indeed a passing fad
