Ball puller question

[Black Hand]

Not certain what the big problem is with pulling a ball with a rammer & screw. It isn't difficult, and certainly not as difficult as the way some have described the process.

Get/make a good screw, thread it into the rammer, run the screw into the ball and pull. I've pulled dozens (I don't shoot out my loads if unused during hunting season) with no more effort than it took to initially load the ball...

 

[ohio ramrod]

All ramrods I make have both ends drilled and tapped, Also for ball pulling I use a solid brass rod with a "T" handle so that I can put my feet over the handle and pull with my legs . I did not have good results with the CO2 discharger I have until I remachined it to get a better seal on percusion , it still doesn't work well on flints! :idunno: