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    Stuck ball in Hawkin Rifle

    I've ordered the the centering styled ball puller and will try that first. Grease gun will be if all else fails. Thanks all for the input.
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    Stuck ball in Hawkin Rifle

    I'm using a 36" Creedmore cleaning rod and did have the ball puller firmly seated at one point. After several days (literally) of tugging without success I unscrewed it and tried various concoctions down the barrel to soften things up. Now I can't get the puller reseated. I've managed to create...
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    Stuck ball in Hawkin Rifle

    Military Ball Puller from Track and catalog image of Hawken breech plug (also from Track of the Wolf) No clean out screw that I know of
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    Stuck ball in Hawkin Rifle

    I now have a .54 cal T/C percussion Hawken that I won in an auction on GunBroker earlier this spring. I was actually looking for an 1805 Harper’s Ferry pistol when I first saw it. My $280 bid was bumped to $300 and surprise - I won (or lost- depends how we look at it – keep reading). I now have...
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