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What Idaho Ron says above. You will need 1/4x28 NF thread Zerk fitting for that TC. If using the small grease gun & cartridges you will need several cartridges. If the maxi ball is buggered up and the grease leaking past it cut some cleaning patches 1/8” wide and force as many into the nipple hole as you can. Then start pumping grease again, the patching strips act as a gasket. Messy but effective
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You can just put a patched round ball on top for a gasket.
Been there, done that.
This will remove it in less than 5 minutes:
This will remove it in less than 5 minutes:
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Did you read the part that there is a broken rod and a ball screw attached?
Shooting that out is a horrible idea.
I read somewhere that many TC breechplugs were crosspinned at the factory to prevent owners removing the plug.
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Why is shooting it out a bad idea?
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horse feathers! don't believe everything you read and only half of what you can see anymore.
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Even if it is,,,, so what? There is no need to remove it.
The video @Idaho Ron posted should be all one needs to do.
Of one just set it up and did it, the job would be over with already.
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Dump some WD40 down the barrel, and remove the nipple. Use a good air compressor with air blow gun that has a pointed rubber snout to get a good seal. Make sure compressor is regulated for 80 PSI or better. Point the gun in a safe direction and your problem will be gone.
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I really don't understand why every time this subject comes up, there are so many people who seem to be flat out against the grease gun method.
I just don't get it..... especially once I watched Ron's video, far less mess and fuss than I anticipated.
It doesn't matter if the ball/ballette/bullet/maxi-ball can be pushed further down the bore or not,,,, which it certainly matters if any powder is trickled in through the flash hole channel for an attempt to shoot the ball out. The projectile doesn't come shooting out at high pressure and high velocity like shooting it out or using an air compressor. Overall, the grease would seem safer and can be done anywhere.
What is the down side?
I just don't get it..... especially once I watched Ron's video, far less mess and fuss than I anticipated.
It doesn't matter if the ball/ballette/bullet/maxi-ball can be pushed further down the bore or not,,,, which it certainly matters if any powder is trickled in through the flash hole channel for an attempt to shoot the ball out. The projectile doesn't come shooting out at high pressure and high velocity like shooting it out or using an air compressor. Overall, the grease would seem safer and can be done anywhere.
What is the down side?
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did i ever tell you guy's about that dent in the wifes car? beautiful .54 pock mark. so symmetrical. half a ball deep.
thing of beauty!
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Wow! You went from one problem to another
Women are never happy when you hurt their car. Thanks for sharing.Larry
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Melt it out its lead.
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not many fools can claim to have bagged a ford escort with a flintlock.Wow! You went from one problem to another
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1/4 x 28 grease fitting and a grease gun is all you should need. It's surprisingly easy and doesn't make near the mess one might imagine. I had a ball stuck in a TC Hawken that sat for a year and a half. 2 pumps and everything popped loose. Was able to ease everything out with a standard vall puller after that. Got myself a pot of boiling water to draw up through the nipple hole. The whole ordeal took about 30 minutes total.
you must wait till the moon is full and.........maybe try real powder. no .. best go with the grease since there is more than a bullet in it.
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The projectile is stuck. The rod is broke off and extractor is still in the projectile. Why would a person want to risk damaging the gun? Why make the situation potentially worse?
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