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Offline b44mag

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dry baller
« on: January 01, 2011, 07:57:57 AM »
ok i lent my buddy a old cva 50 with all the stuff to get er dun he calls me yesterday and says your gonna kill me i was like is it rusty no did you crack the cracked fixed stock no now im thinking what he says he loaded it with out the powder i started laughing said now your a blackpowder hunter so he came down so we could remove the ball and clean it up so he will be ready come monday well the screw thing that you use wont screw in to the ball it just threads then strips tried it bunch of times i gave him the barrel he has a compresser at the house i took out the touch hole and told him dont point it at anything you dont want to shoot and blow it out with the air gun is there any spiecal way to do this or do you just stuff it in and pull the trigger
im still laughing but hope he can get it out before monday i tried to fill up the touchhole hole then put it back in and it just fizzeled in there no boom to push it up so what else can we  try if it wont blow out
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2011, 08:01:47 AM »
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2011, 08:56:52 AM »
happy new year back at you quick im still laughing about it my buddys all up tight and worried about it i just talked to him hes reading the forums on line right now i told him relax just blow it out with compresser i did the 5 or so grains but it would not pop just pfst out the touchhole i tried it a few times but no pop just pffst so we cleaned the black powder off and hes going to try the compresser way soon as he reads some more i told him just go down and do it but hes still reading and im still laughing hope he dont shoot the dryer told him point it some where safe cause im sure it will come out with some force  :o :o
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2011, 11:02:54 AM »
its out his other buddy came up with a corse thread ball puller screwed right in and pulled it out i need to get a new puller the one i have is no good it has small threads and doesent grip it just strips out but atleast he got it out so hes good to get back out on monday he said he will never do that again i told him sure you will and laughed
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2011, 02:34:33 PM »
Dang fellow, those are the longest sentences I've ever read...

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Re: dry baller
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2011, 08:23:47 PM »
Great posts and advice guys. I've been shooting muzzleloaders for about 10 years now and have not loaded a dry ball yet. I know its only a matter of time though!  ;)  ;D
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2011, 03:13:08 AM »
There are people who have done that, and people that will. Shoot ball guns long enough and it WILL happen to you.
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2011, 05:36:46 AM »
If you like dry ballin wait until you launch a ram rod ;D

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Re: dry baller
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2011, 07:30:49 PM »
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2011, 05:08:22 AM »
After that post I'm thinking your wife may have a point there. ::)
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2011, 04:55:17 AM »
yea i know i dont use the dots and commas they are long sentences but im sure you all can figure it out bad grammer here
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2011, 02:08:30 PM »

I'm fairly new to muzzle loading and I've done it twice with the round ball. The second time I did it was with a very tight patch and ball. Had to make sure I got the screw all the way into the ball before attempting to remove the ball, then I had to tap on the bottom of the ramrod handle with a mallet to remove the ball.






Quote from: b44mag on January 01, 2011, 07:57:57 AM
ok i lent my buddy a old cva 50 with all the stuff to get er dun he calls me yesterday and says your gonna kill me i was like is it rusty no did you crack the cracked fixed stock no now im thinking what he says he loaded it with out the powder i started laughing said now your a blackpowder hunter so he came down so we could remove the ball and clean it up so he will be ready come monday well the screw thing that you use wont screw in to the ball it just threads then strips tried it bunch of times i gave him the barrel he has a compresser at the house i took out the touch hole and told him dont point it at anything you dont want to shoot and blow it out with the air gun is there any spiecal way to do this or do you just stuff it in and pull the trigger
im still laughing but hope he can get it out before monday i tried to fill up the touchhole hole then put it back in and it just fizzeled in there no boom to push it up so what else can we  try if it wont blow out
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Re: dry baller
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2011, 05:23:33 PM »
58cal,

Nest time try tying the ramrod to a tree and reefing back on the rifle....

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Re: dry baller
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2011, 07:40:45 PM »
if you're shootin' a side lock what has worked for me(twice in the last month. once for a bore mop/copper scouring pad that came apart and once for the aforementioned dryball) is go to the auto parts store and buy a 1/4x28 grease fittin' and an extra tube of grease, finger screw into nipple hole and pump'er out. wastes grease and takes a while but ya don't hafta worry about rust ;D. found this bit of advice over on the muzzleloading forum. have a good'en neighbors, bubba.
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