Spillikins
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Shoot it out. Did anyone suggest that already?
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I've screwed up....
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I had the same problem about a month ago. It was my T C Hawken .50 flint . I just used my air compressor, about 80 lbs blew it right ouy ,to the point I couldn't find it.
I had to unbreech a Kentucky pistol when I stripped off a wire brush from the cleaning rod. Never used a wire brush again.
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If you know someone at an auto repair shop or a tractor repair shop, see if you can use the air hose with full pressure. You just need to use a blowgun with a rubber tip. Remove the nipple and press the rubber tip into the threads. Point the muzzle in a safe direction and hit the lever full down. You may or may not find the jag after it flies out. Mine put a dent in an aluminum door on the far side of the shop. No joke.
I have at least a half dozen 'useless hunks of wood and iron'; stuck balls, stuck jags, broken rods.
I got tired of running out and buying a new rifle so I switched to a brass rod and threw my brass brushes away (brass brushes are for unmentionables anyway).
My problem solved!
Now I guess I will just build a fence with all those 'stuck objects' since there is no way to get them out
I got tired of running out and buying a new rifle so I switched to a brass rod and threw my brass brushes away (brass brushes are for unmentionables anyway).
My problem solved!
Now I guess I will just build a fence with all those 'stuck objects' since there is no way to get them out
The last stuck brass brush that I had to get out for a friend, I used a thin walled copper tubing that I sharpened the inside of the tube with a countersink. Slid the tubing down the barrel and when it contacted the brush I twisted it while pushing down. The tubing slid right over the brass bristles and the brush came right out when I withdrew the tubing.
