Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/13/21 09:08 PM
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Take the barrel back off, build your air compressor up to max pressure. Find a good blow gun end with a flexible rubber tip. Hold it tight and use air pressure to force the ball out. It’s worked for me in the past. If you can get a ball puller screwed in and have someone slowly pull while you apply air pressure, it might help as well
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
[Re: JEckman]
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09/13/21 09:29 PM
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I have unloaded by air compressor and blower. Worked well.
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/13/21 09:31 PM
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Take the barrel back off, build your air compressor up to max pressure. Find a good blow gun end with a flexible rubber tip. Hold it tight and use air pressure to force the ball out. It’s worked for me in the past. If you can get a ball puller screwed in and have someone slowly pull while you apply air pressure, it might help as well This will work. I double loaded my flintlock last season. I realized t as soon as I rammed the load home and couldn't reach the loaded indicator line scribed into my ramrod. I removed the vent screw and used my blow gun at about 80psi. CAUTION: DO NOT HAVE ANYONE PULLING A BALL PULLER OR STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MUZZLE! Both balls came out with a enough force that one of flew across the shop and them put a heck of a dent in the side of a work bench.
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/13/21 09:32 PM
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I also have Co2 cartridges with nipples that fit my flash hole threads. They work well to if you need to unload in the field and can't fire.
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/13/21 09:34 PM
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You got it…..just use a small piece of wire and wiggle it in the touch hole…as far as it will go in….then drift some 4F powder in it…lay the butt of the gun in an old tire…run some string on the trigger…lay low and pull. Sounds like 3 Stooges stuff…but it’s quick and easy. Oh…and prime the pan…
Last edited by Nessmuck; 09/13/21 09:35 PM.
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/13/21 09:39 PM
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co2 discharger
air compressor
a track of the wolf ball puller
pick out the powder maybe even back out the flash channel clean out as much as you can dry and put powder under it very carefully put the flash channel liner back in
zert fitting in the liner threads and grease gun to push it out
drill through it with a brass center and then a bigger screw puller
drill until nearly bore size and then hook and remove
depends what you have start least invasive and work up air or C02 least invasive
if you can get the liner out to work some powder in and fire remotely , I would be really surprised if that doesn't get it to move it has a little more level of danger , keep it down range the hole time , don't put you head over the liner as your screwing it in , minimal body parts in front of it
get it sparking very well first , and while in a safe direction
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/14/21 11:26 AM
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Blew apart the rubber on my air compressor blower tip was it old and cracked ? add that to the price of your free rifle
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/14/21 03:12 PM
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Like GreencountyPete said "zert fitting in the liner threads and grease gun to push it out" easy and safe. Also dont stand in front of it once moving you can then use a ball puller but best to grease it all the way out..........jk
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Re: Found a flinchlock muzzleloader
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09/14/21 04:01 PM
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Just put some 4F in the touch hole and quit Faahten around
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