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					Originally Posted by Matchlock
					
				 
				???!!!  
Please help my aged mind along, Ed! 
Michael 
			
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Sorry, I mean that a large mass of unignited powder would have been expelled from the barrel.
You can see the same effect today if you overload a black powder rifle.  The  powder that never got a chance to burn is expelled.