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A friend blew up an original Ballard 45/90 by using smokeless powder. Normally one can get away with that by using the proper powder which duplicates the pressure curve of Black Powder. He, however, was sipping Southern Comfort and watching TV while reloading and double charged a few cases. When it blew it sent pieces down range up to 65 yards and a piece of the receiver up thru the corrugated steel overhang sideways. He was luckily unhurt. He found three more double charged cases when he got home.