Trouble…

[oldwood]

Careful now , there might be children watching.

 

[stikshooter]

Had several occasions when I was starting out with muzzleloaders where I got a ball stuck part way down the barrel (t/c Hawken) and remember one was about a foot down the barrel. In all cases had 100 grains of FF loaded and a large gap between powder and ball. Just pointed the barrel up and pulled the trigger. No damage done and barrel still like new, still shooting it 30 years later.
On a slightly different note got a bullet stuck half way down a Ruger American a year or so ago. Filled barrel with black powder and also filled a primed case and fired the obstruction out. Barrel is good as new.

Bet for sure you left out all the hard stuff (STEEL) and other junk !/Ed

 

[TNBandit]

So is it out ?

 

[Tn poor boy]

Yep do a search for stuck ball. A million answers. Easiest way is to remove your nipple and trickle at least 5-10 grains of power into the barrel. Use a wire to force it in there and tap the gun until you get a little power in the barrel. Put the nipple back on and shoot it out. That little amount of powder will not hurt your barrel if the ball isn’t fully seated. You’ll find a dozen different ways that will be way more difficult.

Hes got 120 grain powder behind it what he got is a pipe bomb

 

[Tn poor boy]

Get you a 5/16 metal rod push it down and fire it

 

[TreeMan]

Hes got 120 grain powder behind it what he got is a pipe bomb

When I wrote that response his original post didn’t state he had 120’grains of powder in the barrel. He edited his post to add that after I responded. The way it was first written he had a dry ball situation.

 

[Tn poor boy]

When I wrote that response his original post didn’t state he had 120’grains of powder in the barrel. He edited his post to add that after I responded. The way it was first written he had a dry ball situation.

I miss that sorry my friend

 

[Mr. Flintlock]

Years ago I watched a guy shoot a jag that was, stuck in the barrel. When he fired the gun there was a loud hissing noise. It was the powder charge coming out the touch hole. The brass jag was cocked and lodged itself in the steel barrel, ruining it. They cut the barrel in half. It was on display at the Log Cabin Shop in Lodi, Ohio. Shooting jags out of a muzzleloader is very dangerous. Use a grease gun or takeit to a competent gunsmith. I live in Jamestown, PA. if your close, I have a co2 discharger.

 

[smo]

If you go the compressed air method….
Make sure the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction….
It’s my amazing how much velocity compressed air can generate…..
Don’t ask me how I know….

 

[Josephg]

Sometimes I get the feeling these stuck ball threads are some kind of contest. Will the next stuck ball thread have 200 grains of powder trapped in the bore with a cap glued on the nipple? Then somewhere down the line 150 gtains of FFFF trapped in the bore? Lot of drama in these threads.

 

[smo]

There’s more than one way too skin a cat…..

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Sorry Captain....we've dry balled them again....

 

[LME]

My concern is that the patch worm got bent and I'm worried it's sitting against the rifling so I'm not sure how it'll go e.g. blow up or stuff my rifling if I send it off with 120gr powder.

You

Most of these stuck ball threads start with someone NOT having a steel/brass ramrod. They are using the guns wood or fiberglass rod. If the OP had a good range rod he could have gotten that ball on the powder. It may have taken a lot of effort but it would have went. I’ve never had one stuck so bad you couldn’t beat it down the barrel. A good rod wouldn’t have broken either if by some chance a ball puller was required. In this case there is powder in the barrel so driving it home would have been the answer. If it was a dry ball, I’ve never had a ball that wouldn’t shoot out with a little powder trickled in after removing the nipple or through the touch hole. Oil or water Contaminated powder might require a ball puller but that is the shooter’s fault for not cleaning his gun prior to loading. I’ve made all of the boo boos in the past and never needed a grease gun or an air compressor or CO2. Have all the right tools to prepare for the worse.

I have used a brass rod more than once to seat a ball stuck short of the powder charge. There are no problems if you follow the rules of how to load and care for your rifle/pistol. Regardless of what we say here someone one will screw up again. It is part of human nature.

 

[TreeMan]

You
I have used a brass rod more than once to seat a ball stuck short of the powder charge. There are no problems if you follow the rules of how to load and care for your rifle/pistol. Regardless of what we say here someone one will screw up again. It is part of human nature.

Many times it takes an incident like this to finally convince a shooter to buy a nice range rod. A good range rod would have seated the ball alleviating ball pullers and broken bits and pieces. Dry balls are a different situation but I’ve found a little 3F or 4f trickled in the drum or touchhole sends those sailing out the barrel.

 

[Brokennock]

Ignore this reply..

The only way I could get rid of a post that I had written here and posted but it didn't leave this box, was to post something else here.

Why is there no way for us to delete our own replies?

 

[mmb617]

I don't have any suggestions for the OP, but I've read through the entire thread thinking I just might learn something myself.

I can't understand why so many members post just to complain about the subject matter in the thread. If you think it's a dead horse then don't open the thread. How hard is that? To join the discussion solely to complain about the subject matter tells me you are one of those who just want to increase your post count as though that gives you some kind of prestige.

I scroll by threads that don't interest me all the time. It's not that difficult.

 

[LME]

I don't have any suggestions for the OP, but I've read through the entire thread thinking I just might learn something myself.

I can't understand why so many members post just to complain about the subject matter in the thread. If you think it's a dead horse then don't open the thread. How hard is that? To join the discussion solely to complain about the subject matter tells me you are one of those who just want to increase your post count as though that gives you some kind of prestige.

I scroll by threads that don't interest me all the time. It's not that difficult.

Complaining is human nature. People complain about everything weather ,politics, food, cars, hair and on and on and on! Some people would complain if you hung them with a new rope? LOL!

 

[russellshaffer]

It's winter. Nothing else to do. Happens on any forum.

 

[Idaho Ron]

If the OP uses a grease gun you need a long zerk. The fitting on the grease gun won't attach unless it is a long one.

 

[Robby]

Is that what they're called?!?!?!?!?!?!? In all my years, I never heard that term. What a zerk, er grease fitting!!! Yeah, zerk works, less syllables.
Robby