Stuck ball, now with drill bit

[Rudall]

but do you realize then it's over.......like the last episode of your favorite tv show?

I’m waiting for the cliffhanger to lure us into the second series.

 

[Dude]

This sort of reminds me of "the Sunken Sidecar of Doom", a thread on a motorcycle forum that went on for YEARS! A sidecar had been spotted mostly submerged in the muck of a tidel bore near a bridge somewhere in the Netherlands, I believe it was. I think it was spotted in a photo taken of something else and speculation on what it was and how to retrieve it went on for years. At first no one even knew where it was, but there was enough of a view of the bridge (and it was somewhat unique) that eventually it was located. The thread went on for pages and pages and pages, and eventually three or four guys went down there and retrieved the poor old rusty hulk. Mystery solved! Book closed! Fun's over.

If you wanted to read through the whole saga, googling the name should get you there.

 

[COTNTOP]

This is worse than waiting on the next series of Yellowstone.

 

[hinamanra]

Dang, a hundred and twenty three post and no ending.

 

[J dirt]

I am just hoping for a happy ending.....

 

[appalichian hunter]

Seems the saga continues. The suspense is killing me, hope this does not end like a Alfred Hitchcock movie.

 

[Celticstoneman]

Seems the saga continues. The suspense is killing me, hope this does not end like a Alfred Hitchcock movie.

It probably won't resemble a Hitchcock film as much as a Keystone Kops.

 

[Idaho Ron]

Zerk and grease will not work if it is stuck well. Grease will ooze around it, big mess. Shoot it out.

Grease workes every time. If the grease oozes around it, it's not stuck.

 

[Woody Morgan]

I am just hoping for a happy ending.....

I'll bet.

wm

 

[Rudall]

I am just hoping for a happy ending.....

I hoping for a thrilling shootout.

 

[popgun54tc]

I think you need to take the dowel you started with, and drill it out a little bigger, insert it back on the drill bit, as it appears to be centered and leave it on and remove your nipple and work as much powder in it as you can and shoot it out. The dowel will protect the barrel from the drill bit and it will be like shooting your ramrod, down range. Give it a go.

 

[Howard Pippin]

Actually, I really have enjoyed this little thread. It's far better than politics, and so far no ones been hurt or injured, and apparently the gun is still okay. I have followed this through all away, like most have, and once the ball is out we will have to find something new. Just what the heck are retired people supposed to do without things like this?
Squint

 

[appalichian hunter]

Howard, At the rate this is dragging out, probably make funeral arrangements. Clear the thing and go shooting.

 

[Don H]

A new reality TV series "The Curse of the Pedersoli".

 

[2 shots]

if i were going to shoot it out. [ and i would not, i would pull the plug] i would at least use a bore size metal rod and try to drive the drill bit in flush with the front of the ball so that if it rotates coming out the bit will be dragging along the rifling not having a chance to dig into it . as it could if it were still sticking out the front. i dont believe a wooden dowel would not split if the bit moved sideways at all coming out. just my 2 cents, and you can have change if you want. 2 shots ps please git er done already

 

[Whitworth]

I'm done beating this poor dead horse.

 

[59sharps]

How about pull the breach plug bang it out the way it went in.
no I haven’t read all 136 post.
has co2 been suggested.
Depending where you are Find a local n-ssa team that has a air bottle.

 

[Tom511]

Okay, people, settle down. The only range around is closed until Monday for major maintenance, so I plan to go there then. In the past 30 years, they have NEVER been closed more than a day at a time, but it's been over a week now. (And it's been only 10 days since I first posted this 'problem.') Plus I now have a huge patch over one eye (surgery on retina went well), so calm down.

Can't go out and just shoot a tree stump. Not around here. Unfortunately.

 

[Rudall]

Good to hear you are doing well.

 

[BV]

I miss the days when men figured out and solved small problems in a few minutes.