Keith wrote:For those of you who use a muzzle-loading rifle, you may at some time get a stuck ball. This most often happens when you lose concentration & load a patched ball without a powder charge! With a smoothbore this stuck ball is easy to pull, but with a rifle it can be tricky. I carry a good strong leather thong in my shot pouch just in case. This habit is left over from my rifle shooting days. Once you have attached the screw to your ramrod & screwed the screw into the stuck ball, take your leather thong & tie it to the end of the ramrod. Tie the other end to a sturdy sapling. Now you can pull on the gun/rifle rather than using just one hand to pull on the ramrod. Safer too if the gun is loaded. This method is also good when pulling a load. This is when you have a loaded gun & you want to unload it before putting it away or if you want to load again with a fresh load.
Keith.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2010/06/contents-of-my-shot-pouch.html
bigpete wrote:Compressed air kinda defeats the mentality of using a muzzleloader in the first place,much like the use of scoped in lines IMO
bigpete wrote:Compressed air kinda defeats the mentality of using a muzzleloader in the first place,much like the use of scoped in lines IMO
marksman wrote:the things that went through my head after reading the title
nearly did not look
Ziad wrote:Just don't put your ding a ling in a vacuum in the first place and you won't have stuck balls.... my suggestion is to goto the ED... and don't tie it to a tree and pull
No1_49er wrote:bigpete wrote:Compressed air kinda defeats the mentality of using a muzzleloader in the first place,much like the use of scoped in lines IMO
Firearm development did NOT end at the muzzle loader.
There were hand gonnes, cannon, flint locks, match locks, wheel locks, percussion locks of the muzzle loading period, all progressing one from the other. Mechanical and chemical advances brought about the cartridge rifle and smokeless powder, amongst other things.
Where is it said that a muzzle loader might not have progressed to in-line ignition? Should the under-hammer also be a development to bring into question? Not to mention the closing days of the black powder era in which scopes were used!
Progress never stops. It just goes off in different directions sometimes.
bigpete wrote:Actually, there was an early in line.
The point is, why bother getting a muzzleloader if you're going to use modern gadgets with it ? I can kinda see why they do in America,coz then they can capitalize on muzzleloader season,but aside from that,why not just use a centre fire rifle ?
And as I said,its an opinion. Both Keith and I like to shoot and practice old fashioned,traditional methods. If one were to just want the most effective method of harvesting an animal or hitting a target,there are a lot better options than any form of muzzleloader
Oldbloke wrote:"Once you have attached the screw to your ramrod & screwed the screw into the stuck ball, "
Soooo,,, any more info on that. I'm very new to muzzle loafing so please be gentle.