Hahahahahahaha, this thread cracks me up. There's a kid at camp (mid 20's) who literally slams his ramrod down so hard that it bounces halfway back up. He does this about a half dozen times.
I honestly don't think it does much in deforming the ball. At least no more than when we seat the thing in the first place. It's just one of those unnecessary things that people do that has become unwritten fact to ensure accuracy.
I seat the ball firmly and done with it.
You should ask him why he does that and see what he says. Make him think your courious. Dont tell him any different, cause he will probably keep doin it.
Hahahahahahaha, this thread cracks me up. There's a kid at camp (mid 20's) who literally slams his ramrod down so hard that it bounces halfway back up. He does this about a half dozen times before going out and missing deer.
I honestly don't think it does much in deforming the ball. At least no more than when we seat the thing in the first place. It's just one of those unnecessary things that people do that has become unwritten fact to ensure accuracy.
I seat the ball firmly and done with it.
Well, seems to me if you cant tell if your ball is seated you probably do not need to mess with muzzleloaders. Mark your ramrod! Its not rocket science. No you dont need to bounce your ramrod off the ball. You can easily tell by feeling the ball contact the powder or looking at your reference marks. This aint hard.
load with the butt on a scale so you get consistent down force on the ball
Both seating by pushing and seating by bouncing can be done incorrectly.
Never bounce a conical, period.
The need for bouncing varies depending on factors like how tight your patch ball combo is and fouling build up.
If you stick a ball in a dirty barrel 2" off the powder charge, what are you going to do ? I'm going to bounce the rod untill it goes down.
Back when I was a young buck just getting into BP Shooting, one of the first things I learned was that seating a ball with the rifle's ramrod hurt my palm! So I immediately got a "Palm Saver" to help me seat the ball. Still use one in the field.
What do you do if the rod doesn't go down to the mark ?If you mark your ramrod and seat it to the mark you dont need to bounce it
Hmmmmm.....I would venture to post that if bouncing the rod on the ball is moving the ball (much if at all) then you may have a wayyy to thin patch???
Change the mark or break off the rod to the mark.
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