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Originally Posted by Ray B
Just think in terms of the relic hunters who occasionally blow themselves up with Cilil War era stuff.
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Those would normally be muzzle loaders, so ammunition storage is not an issue. Overloading, or corrosion to the point of having weakened the barrel, are the two main issues. Ammunition is not.
There were some breech loaders in use then, but the ammunition that survives is in collections, and far too valuable to shoot. One does not just stumble into this stuff; it takes a concerted effort to go find it, and lots of money once you have. That, and none of it was even close to being powerful enough to hunt with. The .56 Spencer and such were horribly anemic rounds.