I seek opinion specifically relating to muzzle loader and pulling a round ball.
After seeing someone nearly ruin a range rod trying to pull a double patched ball caught in built up barrel fouling, I have thought about a new way to achieve it with less chance of damaging a rod.
Typically range rods are made up from 6mm stainless rod. Sometimes they don't fare too well when some 125 Kilo gorilla tries to help another shooter with a jammed ball.
Generally what happens when it goes pear shaped, is that the ball and patch gets caught on barrel fouling if the ball is double patched.
The said gorilla, in ignorance and unable to pull the ball, hooks the rod handle in the roof beam of the shooting bay and hangs his weight on the rifle. Range rods get bent from this mis-treatment.
I thought there had to be an easier and safer way.
My thoughts are on making an 8mm diameter rod and using a type coach screw threaded to 10/32 UNF ( thats a standard cleaning rod thread) used for jags and brushes.
With a screw centering collar made from a flash machining plastic and the coach screw is less like to strip from the ball. The opposite end at the handle with be tapped to take a 400mm length of rod that takes a 2 kilo slide hammer cast from lead. What happens then is that slide hammer does its thing and pulls ball.The coarse pitched type 17 coach screw is less likely to strip through the lead ball. The force is axial to that of the barrel and should pull the ball with relative ease.
Simples?
What are your thoughts on the method and materials?
Non muzzle loader readers, please note that safety precautions are observed ie" percussion cap removed ,nipple removed and powder charge is oiled so the rifle can't accidentally discharge and shoot the gorilla.
Opinion will be appreciated.
Thanks
Grahame
After seeing someone nearly ruin a range rod trying to pull a double patched ball caught in built up barrel fouling, I have thought about a new way to achieve it with less chance of damaging a rod.
Typically range rods are made up from 6mm stainless rod. Sometimes they don't fare too well when some 125 Kilo gorilla tries to help another shooter with a jammed ball.
Generally what happens when it goes pear shaped, is that the ball and patch gets caught on barrel fouling if the ball is double patched.
The said gorilla, in ignorance and unable to pull the ball, hooks the rod handle in the roof beam of the shooting bay and hangs his weight on the rifle. Range rods get bent from this mis-treatment.
I thought there had to be an easier and safer way.
My thoughts are on making an 8mm diameter rod and using a type coach screw threaded to 10/32 UNF ( thats a standard cleaning rod thread) used for jags and brushes.
With a screw centering collar made from a flash machining plastic and the coach screw is less like to strip from the ball. The opposite end at the handle with be tapped to take a 400mm length of rod that takes a 2 kilo slide hammer cast from lead. What happens then is that slide hammer does its thing and pulls ball.The coarse pitched type 17 coach screw is less likely to strip through the lead ball. The force is axial to that of the barrel and should pull the ball with relative ease.
Simples?
What are your thoughts on the method and materials?
Non muzzle loader readers, please note that safety precautions are observed ie" percussion cap removed ,nipple removed and powder charge is oiled so the rifle can't accidentally discharge and shoot the gorilla.
Opinion will be appreciated.
Thanks
Grahame
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