Wonder why the topic comes up so often?Well yeah, but if someone using so much oil it puddles up then they’re doing it wrong.
Wonder why the topic comes up so often?Well yeah, but if someone using so much oil it puddles up then they’re doing it wrong.
You’re on the right track. Pull the nipple, dribble in some powder and shoot it out. Out of curiosity, when you cleaned did you pull the nipple to pump water thru it? I’m with @Phil Coffins on this one. I always pop a cap or two before loading on a clean barrel. It’ll dry up any leftover oil and push out any crud.
All I use in my ROA if I can’t get my hands on some Swiss 3F or any real deal 4F. Never an issue in the revolver.That’s exactly what I have done and would do. If it didn’t work the first time I woul try it a couple more times before I resorted to a ball puller.
If you have to resort to a ball puller use a good range rod with a T handle and hook the handle on something that isn’t going to move and pull the rifle not the range rod.
Ditch the 777 it has the highest ignition temperature of the substitute powders.
Bob
Simple, they’re using too much oil.Wonder why the topic comes up so often?
I've never experienced this or heard of it in 30 years of using one back when we had a local territorial match 1 of the guys adapted a 15 lb fire extinguisher for the matches but then most of the use was for dry ballsOne caution when using the c02 discharger. Sometimes, the c02 blasts a hole thru the powder and exits the projectile, but leaves a ring of compressed powder around the inside of the barrel like a donut. With the next loading, you may get a hangfire, or will have a much larger powder charge that may affect your sight in point of impact. When using these dischargers I run a bore scraper down the barrel to dislodge any remaining powder ring before re-loading.
I have seen it twice in my 45 years of shooting BP guns. Once it happened to me with an old T/C New Englander. I unloaded the gun at the end of deer season using the c02 discharger, ran a patch with Barricade down the bore and put the gun in the safe. The following fall, I went to load the gun with my standard load and noticed the witness mark on the ram rod was a 1/2" above the muzzle. I pulled the ball and dumped the powder, then ran a patch down the bore and it wouldn't go all the way to the breech. A bore scope look showed the ring of powder around the walls of the barrel. I had to scrape out the powder with a breech scraper.I've never experienced this or heard of it in 30 years of using one back when we had a local territorial match 1 of the guys adapted a 15 lb fire extinguisher for the matches but then most of the use was for dry balls
Magnum caps were all that was available the last few years. Freshest tin I have. I keep 10s and 11s on hand. Have taken the TC hunting years ago, only shot the GPR for fun a couple times. Friend I inherited them from rarely shot either, so got probably 300 11s along with the rifles.100 gr T7 3f = @ a min. 120gr BP
Mag cap not needed
And ya didn't remove the nipple so the paten breech is all gunked up.
My wife keeps me well informed as to my bad habits.I’ve got bad habits too, but learned early on that too much oil in a muzzleloader breech was one that had to be kicked.
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