Thank you for the video - your enthusiasm is contagious!
Who woulda thought a ball could go through the glass without shattering the pane? The bummer in that is thinking you'd missed, so changing the point of aim next shot. Use a spotting scope next time?
Since you didn't push the ball all the way down with your hand on top of the ramrod, I didn't get what the hoopla was all about. The ramrod by the time you had your hand over the top was almost all the way down, so no way the rod could split and pierce your hand. Then I realized the safety concern - if, by some chance, there's an ember in the breech and the charge should go off, the ramrod would ventilate your hand.
I'm new to BP and muzzleloaders, but from what I've read, it's a remote possibility that could happen - and normally when there has been a lot of rapid fires with the barrel quite hot. But even then, it's not common.
If I wanted to be totally safe, I'd stay in bed and not ride motorcycles.
Did you use a range finder or just guess at the yards? Step it off? I'm still getting used to thinking in yards and have to convert to feet in order to get a feel for the distance.
Thanks for posting.