Shooting a ramrod out of the barrel..?

[Snapshot in Norway]

I might put my self on limb here.! But it is all with a good intention to get some discussion going on...

Any other done such a silly thing as to shoot a ramrod to newer find it again..?
Yes you`re right, I did once. It was at a competition close by, kind of a woods walk.
It was shoot together with a .495 RB. over 60gn. of Swiss FFg.
The ramrod was made of steel and had a black round machine ball at the end.
It was shot out of my Jaeger rifle, a replica Danish/Norwegian M 1791 made by me.
The recoil was severe and if any one sees the ramrod, still in orbit! Please let me know.
It was a very nice ramrod and I miss it..!

 

[Britsmoothy]

Never done it yet but came close once!
Ask the Russians or NASA if they plotted its course!

 

[APG]

I've sent a ram rod down range. Around 1985 I had my first black powder gun. A CVA kit .50 caliber hawken style. I was shooting a wooden 4×4 post to see how far it could penetrate the post and forgot about the rod. I was no farther than 5 yards and it kicked quite a bit harder than before. The rod stuck into the post.

 

[Norman Brooks]

Seen it done once. Was standing behind the young shooter who done his own loading. His dad was not happy. The wooden ramrod was in two pieces stuck in the 25yrd back stop.

 

[OldSmoky1967]

I might put my self on limb here.! But it is all with a good intention to get some discussion going on...

Any other done such a silly thing as to shoot a ramrod to newer find it again..?
Yes you`re right, I did once. It was at a competition close by, kind of a woods walk.
It was shoot together with a .495 RB. over 60gn. of Swiss FFg.
The ramrod was made of steel and had a black round machine ball at the end.
It was shot out of my Jaeger rifle, a replica Danish/Norwegian M 1791 made by me.
The recoil was severe and if any one sees the ramrod, still in orbit! Please let me know.
It was a very nice ramrod and I miss it..!

Metal detector...

 

[ord sgt]

A good friend has sent TWO steel ram rods downrange. Distracted during the loading sequence, forgot the rammer, capped it and fired. Never found the first one. Second one was recovered but badly bent, to the point of being unuseable.

 

[Dale Lilly]

I might put my self on limb here.! But it is all with a good intention to get some discussion going on...

Any other done such a silly thing as to shoot a ramrod to newer find it again..?
Yes you`re right, I did once. It was at a competition close by, kind of a woods walk.
It was shoot together with a .495 RB. over 60gn. of Swiss FFg.
The ramrod was made of steel and had a black round machine ball at the end.
It was shot out of my Jaeger rifle, a replica Danish/Norwegian M 1791 made by me.
The recoil was severe and if any one sees the ramrod, still in orbit! Please let me know.
It was a very nice ramrod and I miss it..!

Hmmm. I heard the latest rocket had to deviate from its planned orbit. They said someone threw a funny looking spear at them. Dale

 

[andy52]

I heard it has happened before but I haven't personally don't that and don't know anyone that has.

 

[jaegerstutzen]

I heard it has happened before but I haven't personally don't that and don't know anyone that has.

 

[jaegerstutzen]

Was benching an original Austrian M1854 Lorenze Jaeger rifle. Hoyt reline. 45 gr FF behind 510 gr minie plus whatever the rammer weighed. Recoil was rather stiff. Never did find the rammer. Fired a double load once but had removed the rammer. 1,010 gr lead. Recoil still a bit stiff so decided to give it up. Jaeger

 

[pilot]

I was shooting a couple weeks back and got the rod with a cleaning patch stuck in the barrel. I just couldn't get it out. So I trickled a bit of powder in the touch hole and shot it out. It went about 20 yards. No damage to rod or rifle.

 

[TFoley]

Go back a few years to a re-enactment display of some kind in the Republic of Ireland. One of the participants fired his Brown Bess ramrod downrange - an obvious oversight.

The authorities, after thinking about it for a few minutes, closed down the whole display, sending the re-enactors home and a day or so later an 'advisor' from the Firearms Office in Phoenix Park Dublin issued an 'ukaze', banning the firing of ALL black powder firearms in any future re-enactment display.

 

[sheriff john]

Squirrel hunting in Callaway County one fall, my friend missed a squirrel which ran out onto a limb. He reloaded, fired, and sent his into perhaps Audrain county (don't know). He thought the rifle had blown up as recoil was excessive. Missed squirrel.

Old optometrist told me as a boy, he and his brother decided to shoot an old M/L shotgun at a shed, ramrod stuck in the wooden siding. Not a new thing. He was old when I was but a kid. It happens, sometimes.

 

[jakester]

Many years ago at a Revolutionary War reenactment, both sides were firing at each other. I heard one of the reenactors say he had fired his ramrod. Nobody said anything so I guess he didn't hit any one. Just lucky.
Walt

 

[Brokennock]

I might put my self on limb here.! But it is all with a good intention to get some discussion going on...

Any other done such a silly thing as to shoot a ramrod to newer find it again..?
Yes you`re right, I did once. It was at a competition close by, kind of a woods walk.
It was shoot together with a .495 RB. over 60gn. of Swiss FFg.
The ramrod was made of steel and had a black round machine ball at the end.
It was shot out of my Jaeger rifle, a replica Danish/Norwegian M 1791 made by me.
The recoil was severe and if any one sees the ramrod, still in orbit! Please let me know.
It was a very nice ramrod and I miss it..!

That last sentence clinches the whole story for me. Makes me laugh.

"Just give me back the board (ramrod), Lance (universe). It was a good board (ramrod), and I like it. You know how hard it is to find a board (ramrod) you like." - Lt. Col. Kilgore - Apocalypse Now

 

[Lfpdlt]

I am a member of the black powder archery club. Never did find it.

 

[cornstalk]

When did this happen? A few nights ago I was looking at the sky and saw what I assumed was a meteor, or a big part of that Russian satellite. Maybe it was actually your ramrod. If it was I’m sorry to say it burned up in the atmosphere.

 

[sheriff john]

Might be a good reason to sell my shares of buggy whip stock, re-invest in ramrod futures. Seems to be a steady demand for replacement ramrods but my Amish neighbors appear to have a good supply of buggy whips.

 

[Auldjin]

I remember reading in the memoirs of a soldier from Napoleonic times that when first in action a body of new troops would send a number of ramrods towards the French.

 

[toot]

twice, one wood & one metal. both never to be found. the wooden one nothing happened, the metal one split the stock & chipped two teeth. both different guns. yes do not TALK WHEN ON THE LINE!!!