One of those minutes you can't get back

[mykeal]

Just a quick word of advice - something you probably knew anyway, but I thought I'd mention it:

If you don't put the nipples back in the cylinder, the chambers will not hold the powder.

And it will come pouring out all over your foot at the loading table with everyone watching you.

They will laugh and point at you.

The RSO will ask questions, like, "What the #*!@^ do you think you're doing?

To which there is no good answer.

Just thought you'd like to know.

You probably want to know how I came across that valuable piece of information, but I'm not going to tell you. I just figured it out all by myself.

 

[Pork Chop]

Man, that is rough! Doing stuff like that with no one around is bad enough, but for everyone to see it really sucks...

 

[bwhoffman]

its kinda like the rifle equivelent of dry balling! sort of :blah:

 

[rebel727]

Sounds like something I'd do. :grin:

 

[torn moc]

Mykeal a person such as yourself with all that knowledge & experience would not do something as
elementary as that.... :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Bob Riegl]

:bow: Oh great one---you are not the solitary pebble on the beach---by a long shot. That's equal too, but not as disastrous as "dry-balling" which I personally have never (been seen) doing ---- :shake: :barf: :rotf:

 

[thewho66]

Well Ive been warned, but now that you have said that I will probably do just that at some time of my life. Thanks. :redface: :shocked2:

 

[flintlockmdj]

"I just figured it out all by myself."

Yeah sure you did.

 

[mazo kid]

Mykeal, thank you for your astute observation. I know it probably took a lot of research and experimentation to come up with that warning.

 

[Kluson]

even worse when you try to figure out where to put the cap after tipping black powder all over the place.
There is so much to learn with this hobby, but I'm glad that wasn't me. Maybe a newbie would not make that kind of mistake as we're so worried about getting everything right, but I can imagine a little further down the line when we are a bit more relaxed , something like that would be an easy trap to fall into!

 

Mykeal, bro' I'm laughin with you....... fell outa my chair...... the visual in my head as I read your post :shocked2: ..........

Jay

 

[Oldnamvet]

At least you didn't get a visit from the local Barney Fife this time. :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Zonie]

I'm betting that Mykeal was at the range and the guy next to him did this.

Being the nice guy that he is he didn't want to mention ole #*^@##'s name to us. :rotf:

 

[Pork Chop]

Hey, I checked with the guy that posted the video on you tube, and he suggested that you reinstall the nipples, and to prevent duplication of effort, go ahead and put the caps on the nipples. He said to make sure that you have something solid to support the caps so that they don't fall off while you use a 16oz framing hammer to force a grossly oversize ball into the chamber. :rotf:

(NOTICE: The preceding message is a parody and not intended to be even marginally accurate as instructions.)

 

[renovato]

Haven't pulled that one before (yet). But I did make the mistake of removing the nipple from my rifle and dropping it into the sand once. Dropping metal in sand is like dropping it in the ocean. It sinks, never to be seen again. Hadta whip out the .22 for the rest of the day.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Can't wait to see the video! :rotf:

 

[mykeal]

Dear god, if there's a video...

 

[OldNo7]

As for me, I'd give up my nipples before I went ball-less............. :hatsoff:

Old No7

 

Mykeal,

Thanks for the warning. I just got up and checked all my revolvers..... :rotf:

Cooner

 

[torn moc]

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: My LAWD!no nipples is O.K but balless is a No No....
dang..I fell outta My chair