I was 14 when I bought TC Hawken, young, dumb, full of... curiosity.
Had heard the stories that balckpowder couldnt blow a gun up
unless there was a powder/bullet gap.
So,
Double round balls, check.
Double loads, check.
Powder, ball, powder, ball, check.
Never hurt anything, still use that gun.
This is an inline = safer.
Loaded with sabots = more dangerous.
If it was mine, I would figure the volume of the powder charge you removed.
Put some filler in to make up for the lighter charge,
Use 40-50 grains of black, and shoot the dam thing.
PS. My experiments were conducted by holding the gun around a log pile with the butt on a log. Lucky it didn't split the stock.
For personal safety, an old tire works well.
Stick the butt inside the beads,
zip tie or rope the barrel to the other side.
Lanyard fire it with a rope.
