.45 barrel, .44 ball
even if you did bounce the ramrod when you set the rifle in your brace the ball could have come off the powder, which is the most likely I can imagine
a proofing load would be a double powder load and 2 balls, balls patched, barrel should have been fine
anyways that was what I was taught to proof a barrel
I know you said you used triple 7 in 3f....and at double the recommended powder. Combine that with a ball that rolls off the powder charge, I could see it happening easy.
regardless...you blew up your barrel
betcha don't do that again