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