rifle detonation again

[Premod70]

Thankfully I haven't sunk to the levels of those in Kurts youtube examples but I have been guilty of ringing a chamber. Watching a fellow with a 45/120 rolling block for several years and he loaded a reduced smokeless load with a 'beer carton' , cardboard wad over the top. Using his 'experience' ?? I followed on when my 45/110 finally arrived . Took it to my first match and wondered why my cases were so hard to extract ( duh ! ). It was a twenty round match and the barrel ruined as a result. It was costly in dollars but thankfully not in damage to bystanders or myself. That was about 20 yrs ago and yes I learnt something from the experience. With a new barrel fitted I went to the range with the same load but different loading technique. (No..I'm not telling ). The rifle would shoot under 3/4" at 100 yds. No ringing, no case damage... but .. in a 45 x 2 7/8" case... 'No Reason' to be doing this at all in the first place. Went out and bought my first canister of Goex ( we could get it here then ) and started my black powder journey. Even won my first match with paper patched bullets with a mould from Tom Ballard. Doesn't seem right to do it any other way now. Clearly there are those that can load reduced smokeless in a 'modern rifle' with care and not have a problem but not 'everyone' seems to be able to do it. The human element again . Until some realise that black powder isn't the 'boogey man' they've been made to believe I guess the smokeless brigade will continue on. As for the cost of black powder being a concern... well at present we are paying about $36USD a lb for Swiss...when we can get it... so we understand that part of the equation. Here's to this years Quigley...and any other shoot for that matter, without incident and injury free.
..see you when the smoke clears

J.B.

Why would you not share the differences in your loading procedure if you found a better/possibly safer way to load smokeless powder.