Dischargers

[burch]

I`ve got a kind of a stupid question for ya but if I don`t ask and wind up having to pull a ball i`ll hate myself for it. I have a T/C Co2 discharger and was wondering if I load just a ball and patch will it be able to work. I`m trying to see if my patch is being cut. I think i`ll be alright but still had to ask. With the ball and patch so close to the breech and no powder behind it I was wondering if the air will still get behind the ball and push it out. :rotf:

 

[Zonie]

If your gun has the Patent Breech the discharger should work just fine.

The only guns it might not work well on are the type with a side drum, and I think it would work OK on most of them.

If the location of the side drum was greater than 1/2 of the balls diameter distance in front of the breech f ace there is a possibility that a patched "dry ball" (without powder) might be pushed down below the center hole in the drum.
In that case, the CO2 would blow over the top of the ball instead of under it leaving the ole' ball screw as the only way to remove it.

zonie

 

[burch]

I have a Lyman GPR

 

[Swamp Buck]

Burch, I have a Lyman GPR and have done the same thing you are contemplating. Last winter I dry-balled several loads (different patch thickness & ball diameters) just to see if patches were being cut or if I could see any land & groove marks on the discharged round ball.

The CO2 discharger worked great for it. Just drape a towel over an open cardboard box and discharge the patched round ball into it. The CO2 discharger will "discharge" that load out the barrel quite fast.

 

[Rebel]

The GPR has a Patent breech so you should be fine.

 

[renovato]

I've done the same thing on a Traditions pistol to try and diagnose blown patches. It doesn't have a patent breech, but it discharged just fine. No worries with the GPR.

 

[redwing]

Some times the air escapes around the PRB. If you pour a little water down the bore before you blow the ball the water will seal it. This will allow the PRB to discharge even if it leaks air.

 

[2172]

I tried this last Spring...and stupidly forgot two things:1. the discharger doesn't seem to work as well in a flintlock, and, 2. to not cover the touch hole with the ball. I had to take the touch hole out, and work the ball forward a bit, and then trickle in some powder...Hank

 

[mike alexandre]

A ball puller works just fine, just make sure you put a little ballistol or other very light oil down the barrel first and leave it for a few minutes to soak the patch