how to pull a ball

[golden sky]

Got a fouled barrel me thinks, can't get the charge to light off, tried cleaning out the ports and nipple and various other caps, nothing.. what's the general set up for yanking out the ball from the barrel?

 

[Brazos John]

Y'all, be nice.

 

[SDSmlf]

If you don’t have a ball/bullet puller, check out the @Idaho Ron video using a grease gun. He has posted it here a number of times.

 

[Brazos John]

Folks might also suggest that you Search for dry ball or stuck ball.
And they might get tacky, but it's Saturday night, and you know that Saturday night's alright for fighting!

 

[golden sky]

i tried my ball puller ended up striping it out

 

[BoomStick]

A couple times that it has been necessary I have been able to pull both a PRB and a conical using a threaded ball puller on the end of a ramrod.

Never tried but have heard you can use a zerk fitting and a grease gun...or the same zerk fitting hooked up to your air compressor. Just use low pressure if you use an air compressor...

 

[deerstalkert]

A couple times that it has been necessary I have been able to pull both a PRB and a conical using a threaded ball puller on the end of a ramrod.

Never tried but have heard you can use a zerk fitting and a grease gun...or the same zerk fitting hooked up to your air compressor. Just use low pressure if you use an air compressor...

and be sure where the muzzle is pointing! have dented things that were better not dented!
OP, did you try a trickle of powder under the nipple? generally works for me with a stubborn charge. even stuffing ffff into a vent on my flintlocks works most of the time.
if the ball is penetrated it makes things more complicated sometimes. i have pumped a ball with a hole through it out with the grease gun method.
there are epistles of posts on this subject but i for one think we are overdue for a new one! evolution and all you know. new ideas, old ones rehashed.

 

[SDSmlf]

i tried my ball puller ended up striping it out

Before you drill a hole thru the ball, STOP. Without a hole thru the ball and the ball not completely seated, you have some options. A CO2 discharger. A compressor. Or the grease gun I method mentioned a few posts back. Either of the first two COULD work, but the grease gun WILL work.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Follow Idaho Ron's video. If you don't have a hole through the ball, the grease will push it out. You may have to rethread the ball puller in the hole to block the hole so pressure from the grease will move the ball.

 

[golden sky]

ok i will try some compressed air then a CO2 thing

 

[golden sky]

Follow Idaho Ron's video. If you don't have a hole through the ball, the grease will push it out. You may have to retread the ball puller in the hole to block the hole so pressure from the grease will move the ball.

i'll check it out

 

[Timber Wolf]

I have gotten action by pulling the nipple and dribbling some powder (finest you have) down and replacing the nipple and firing with a fresh cap. When I have pulled a ball I let some thin oil lube the bore for a while before attempting the pull. Good luck.

 

[user 48702]

Y'all, be nice.

Your funny. I had to go to sick call once because I pulled one on the O-Course, ended up with three days of light duty.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

If you don't know what type powder is in it, use CO2.
If you know it has the correct powder in it, shoot it out:

 

[granth]

They don't call me "King Dryballer" for no reason! One thing that you can do, is to use a ball puller. Screw the ball puller in (not too much or else the ball will expand) and pull that sucker out of there! If you're using a flinter, you can put a small amount powder near the touch hole and you can tap it in and shoot it out. If you're using a percussion gun, remove the nipple and pour powder through the bolster and tap it in and you can shoot it out. Mark's video explains it perfectly.

 

[Eutycus]

If you use a puller, drill a hole through the ball first. Just screwing a puller (basically a screw) into the ball only makes the ball tighter.It expands the ball.

 

[granth]

If you use a puller, drill a hole through the ball first. Just screwing a puller (basically a screw) into the ball only makes the ball tighter.It expands the ball.

Really? I never knew that! I've always just screwed it and pulled it out .

 

[Archer 756]

Question how a person can drill a hole in a ball that is in the bottom of a long barrel

 

[French Colonial]

Use a proper ball puller like these that TOTW sells, one you will NEVER go through the ball, two it will go in to the center of the ball without harming the barrel or pulling on the side of the ball.

Use the proper tools.

 

[Doc]

I’ve never gone to a Rhondy where I didn’t have to use this at least once or more. Works great every time.
Doc,