Leonredbeard
54 Cal.
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pharmvet,
Always keep in mind what you have just done! And keep it in relationship with what you are about to do.
I may have told this story before, but it is a 'Duzie'. When I had my first flinter, a cheapie with an easily removable breech plug, I dryballed. So I took the barrel out of the wood and unbreeched it and pushed the ball up the barrel with the ramrod. Then I put the barrel back in the wood, the tang was part of the barrel and the plug was simply a plug. Then I poured powder and rammed the ball, which went to the exact location it had been when I dryballed. This puzzled me and I mulled it over while I put the loaded gun back on the sandbags. I continued to puzzle while my eyes roamed idly over the bench. Then I spotted the breechplug laying next to the butt of my gun.
I went into a cold sweat while I took the barrel back out of the wood and dumped the powder out the breech end and pushed the ball out of the muzzle with the ramrod. Then I went home. If I had fired that cheap gun......
That's my story. You asked for it.
God bless.
volatpluvia
Always keep in mind what you have just done! And keep it in relationship with what you are about to do.
I may have told this story before, but it is a 'Duzie'. When I had my first flinter, a cheapie with an easily removable breech plug, I dryballed. So I took the barrel out of the wood and unbreeched it and pushed the ball up the barrel with the ramrod. Then I put the barrel back in the wood, the tang was part of the barrel and the plug was simply a plug. Then I poured powder and rammed the ball, which went to the exact location it had been when I dryballed. This puzzled me and I mulled it over while I put the loaded gun back on the sandbags. I continued to puzzle while my eyes roamed idly over the bench. Then I spotted the breechplug laying next to the butt of my gun.
I went into a cold sweat while I took the barrel back out of the wood and dumped the powder out the breech end and pushed the ball out of the muzzle with the ramrod. Then I went home. If I had fired that cheap gun......That's my story. You asked for it.
God bless.
volatpluvia
