I messed up!!

[cowmeateater]

I once read a thread about people keeping their bp loaded for years at a time. When last deer season ended as a fail i stuck my cabelas traditional hawken in an unsealed case for next year not thinking about how humid the basement is. I checked on it the other day and it was all rusted around the nipple so i clean the nipple out and try to shoot it with of course no luck. So now how do i get the load out to clean it? Someone suggested an air compressor, good or bad idea? Its loaded with watever the sabot cabelas sends with starter kits an pyrodex for powder, there was a cap on it but it rusted to. Thanks for any ideas. im really kicking myself because the gun is my first bp and pretty much new.

 

[Ratdog68]

Have you considered trying to pull the nipple and clean it with a nipple pick? Then to poke the pick down into the path of the powder charge? Next... m'be sprinkle a few grains of powder into the hole that the nipple threads into and see if the new cap will set off the needed chain reaction from cap to fresh dash of powder to main powder charge to fire the gun and clear the barrel (on a range day, of course)?

Another option is to get a bullet puller adapter tip for a range rod and screw it into the round and pull it from the seat and out the muzzle and begin a thorough cleaning.

If you have access to a compressor and have the right adapter to connect to... don't see why the burst of air shouldn't get your gun cleared of last year's load.

Sorry to hear it... but, I'll bet you revise your storage game plan this year. God on ya for checkin' on it early... and NOT the night before you set out to go hunting.

 

[Smokin_Gun]

The keepin' loaded would be for a rifle with Black Powder not Pyrodex and a Patched Round ball not a Sabot pertaining to Rifles ... the fact of keepin; a revolver loaded for a year or 150 year is true...but ONLY with a clean weapon and Black Powder and certainly not in an extremely humid environment.
Just mentioning it so anyone not knowing will be aware.
Very sorry that happened to you...
Get tha bullet puller jag and screw it on the end of your range rod. ou'd also need a stuck ram rod pullin' vise set... or try the compressor... They do have the adaptors for use with a compressed air can, but I've never used one.
I'm not tellin' you to do this, but pour some Black Powder in where you removed the nipple then get a cleared nipple install it cap it point it in a safe direction an fire... repat the proceedure with more powder and ram the ball baclk won on the powder you put in each tiime. cCap it and try it till it fires out the barrel.
I din't tell you to do it, but this is what I when it happens , and it will.
Best of luck...

 

[Nicodemus38]

first of all shame on you. never do that with any weapon.

remove ramrod and barrel keys.
remove barrel
remove lock mechanism from stock.

1. try to remove nipple. if its stuck dont force it. soak it with penetrating oil.
2. take loading rod and attach the bullet puller (looks like a brass disk with a regular threaded rod end and a screw on other). insert into barrel and screw it into the bullet. pull bullet. a sabot may not come out with the bullet. if it doesnt, simply screw bullet puller into sabot and pull.
3. remove the nipple and the cleanout screw from the drum. flush the barrel with solvent. use lots of patches on the brass jag. plastic scrubber pad will be needed too. when those come out clean switch to the exterior of the barrel.
4. clean the lock work. dissassembly may not be doable for you. so wipe every surface you can with qtips and pipe cleaners and rags soaked in hoppes 9. when its rust freeagain, oil it.
5. clean the barrel as your supposed to. you may have had some changes inside the barrel but that should be trivial on accuracy. reassemble barrel, clean out screw, and nipple.
6. clean stock off. pay attentionto all surfaces.
7. assemble barrel, stock, and lockwork.
start using it.

if you need more help with it, others can help. this is the basics "save my rifle please, i havent cleaned it in the last 1000 rounds"

 

[BHP FAN]

This is why I hate Pyrodex.It is easily the most hydroscopic of all the ''subs'', and smells like burnt plastic,but at least it has horrible inconsistant burn rates. Really,it's just awfull stuff.

 

[bellyup039]

I dont know if this will work or not. But I just purchased one of these CO2 unloaders from Cabellas.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...ct&cmCat=Related_IPL_216440&id=0006480214461a

Might be worth it for ya. $19.99 isn't that much.

 

[mykeal]

The CO2 unloaders work well in most cases. It is a worthwhile investment for anyone intending to shoot black powder as you WILL dryball occasionally. Like SG, I don't personally own one, but I have lots of experience pulling bad or unfired loads. For other people, of course.

And it's hygroscopic, not hydroscopic. Yeah, I know, the 'g' and 'd' keys are close to each other...

 

[madcratebuilder]

I bought one of the CO2 unloaders for my T/C when I dry balled it. I think it works well for a twenty dollar tool. I have loaned it out a few times. Everyone that has used it is happy with it.