I was so ready or at lease I thought I was for opening day of muzzleloader which is my favorite I have always want to draw blood which my ky long rifle for the first time and a really good friend of my and neighbor past away back in October and he got me into muzzleloading and I decided to try my flint lock and I got out there pour my powder and went to start my patched round ball and my tip of my short starter broke off in the barrel and I could get it out for nothing so I had to come home and by the I found my other ram rod with a threaded end I got it out so I just ram the ball on home and I didnt think but my powder had fell out my touch hole and I ram the ball home so hard I couldn't get powder behind it to pop it out the barrel so I took it to a friend of my and he used his ball puller and pulled it right on out so I had a bad opening day but at least I got a free ball puller out of it. Just thought I would share my mishap
opening mishap!
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DD4lifeusmc
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Typical Buck Fever. Now you will calm down on future hunts.
JN01
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Unless your touch hole is ENORMOUS your entire main charge shouldn't have fallen out. A little trickled into the pan is OK.
In fact, some of the early frontiersmen used a slightly oversized touch hole to facilitate reloading on the run (while being chased by hostiles). They would pour some powder down the barrel, spit a slightly undersized ball over it, and with the frizzed closed, slam the butt of the gun on the ground, hopefully seating the ball over the main charge and causing a bit to spill into the pan. They could then bring it to full cock, turn and fire at a pursuer. Men like Lewis Wetzel were accomplished at loading in such a manner.
I wouldn't try it at home, however.
Also, there are devices for blowing a ball out of the barrel that use the small CO2 canisters.
In fact, some of the early frontiersmen used a slightly oversized touch hole to facilitate reloading on the run (while being chased by hostiles). They would pour some powder down the barrel, spit a slightly undersized ball over it, and with the frizzed closed, slam the butt of the gun on the ground, hopefully seating the ball over the main charge and causing a bit to spill into the pan. They could then bring it to full cock, turn and fire at a pursuer. Men like Lewis Wetzel were accomplished at loading in such a manner.
I wouldn't try it at home, however.
Also, there are devices for blowing a ball out of the barrel that use the small CO2 canisters.
I didnt have my frizzen close and I was really mad so I turn it over and I put it back in the truck and never close the frizzen. What the problems was the tip of my short starter that I made back in the summer and used it all summer broke of the rod of my ball starter I guess the epoxy didn't hold good and I had my patches a little too big. I went out the following Monday evening and never had a problem but didn't see thing
Patocazador
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I dry-balled a PRB in my .45 flintlock and poked 4F into the touch hole for 15 minutes. Primed the pan and fired and it shot out just fine. You could have shot that broken piece out too after using the ramrod to set it onto the powder charge.
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