I remember being a small boy at Fort de Charters in Prairie du Rocher, Southern Illinois, on a boyscout trip during a rondy. We thought the redcoats looked silly and we made faces at them! One of them stuck there tongue out at us little bastards.
I am so glad that it turned out for the best. sometimes you just have to do it. I had a friend at the range that loader his gun with a load of powder and pushed in the ball down it stuck 1/2 way down, and trying to use the ball puller / screw, in to remove it , it broke. now we had a conundrum,!!so as you did he said to shoot it out, I said it is almost guaranteed to blow the barrel. he said to go for it. I put it on the ground 10 feet in front of the bench, put a cap on it, a legenth of clothes line on the trigger, and pulled the trigger, well that was one helluva blast, but upon inspection it held!!!!. so some time we do get lucky. as he said it is of no use to me as the way it is so, GO FOR IT!! toot.Laid the rifle on the table, turned my head and pulled the trigger. Thought about this for some time before doing it. My lgs was not open that day, and I didn't know how I was going to get it out myself. So crossing my fingers hoping for the best. Turned out ok. Target shooting so my charge was low. Don't recommend this practice.
Were you the one who asked me if I was Union or Confederate?I remember being a small boy at Fort de Charters in Prairie du Rocher, Southern Illinois, on a boyscout trip during a rondy. We thought the redcoats looked silly and we made faces at them! One of them stuck there tongue out at us little bastards.
Were you the one who asked me if I was Union or Confederate?
Give it time. It will happen when you least expect it.Teaching me a lesson.
Been muzzle stuffing for decades, brought a pile of flat landers into the fun.
Every year they try some trick to get me to dry ball.
About 7 years ago I was loading on the trail walk an a bucksom lass walks up,
opens her top up and lets them fly.
I said , you know they sell bigger buttons over at the tents.
She blushed and walked away.
That was the last time they tried to get me to dry ball.
My record is still zero.
What I want to know is this: How come stuff like this never happens to ME?Teaching me a lesson.
Been muzzle stuffing for decades, brought a pile of flat landers into the fun.
Every year they try some trick to get me to dry ball.
About 7 years ago I was loading on the trail walk an a bucksom lass walks up,
opens her top up and lets them fly.
I said , you know they sell bigger buttons over at the tents.
She blushed and walked away.
That was the last time they tried to get me to dry ball.
My record is still zero.
ROFLMAO Since all this Bull manure about the battle flag started, I bought a confederate grey baseball cap and got a 1st National flag patch and sewed it on the front of my hat. I have had only 3 people recognize what it is. Two were re-enactors and one was raised in the South by a "The South is gonna rise again" type family. His great grandpappy fought in the war on the right side of course. He is my Doctor at the VA.Our Civil war group in California was called by the ranger saying that a visitor was upset with our Confederate Battle Flag, (This was over 20 years ago) We removed the Battle Flag and put up the 1st National flag. The Ranger came back and thanked us for putting up a Betsy Ross flag
COTNTOP, of course your dry ball will happen in front of a crowd. It usually does. It is no fun unless friends or co shooters are there to witness it and offer harassment and useless suggestions such as "did you forget the powder," or "powder, patch, ball."
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