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btech

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Dry balled my 45 Kentucky at the range yesterday. Pulled out my new CO2 unloader, screwed in a CO2 canister and one shot sent the PRB about 30 feet past the muzzle. I would recommend that anyone shooting BP have one of these in his bag. Very quick and safe. Couple of minutes, you're back shooting. Be sure you have a fitting that matches your nipple size.
 
After over fourty years shooting black powder guns my nephew and I bought one at the Log Cabin last year. We have yet to need it, but I am sure we will sometime. :idunno:
 
How does it work on flintlocks with touch hole liners that don't screw off?
 
Paul_R said:
How does it work on flintlocks with touch hole liners that don't screw off?

They make a different "nozzle" for flinters. Mine works just dandy. In fact, I use the same nozzle on percussion guns, too. There's a good fit between the tip of the nozzle and the inside of the nipple. Only thing about it, the flinter nozzle is thin at the tip, and you can bend it bouncing around in your shooting bag. I dismount my nozzle and store it in my little tool pouch. Because I don't always remember to do that, I bought an extra. :redface:
 
I don't have one. I guess I'm just too cheap to spend the money to get one. It's been a looong time since I last dry balled one of my rifles and I guess I'm long overdue for such an event. I really need to let go of a few dollars and buy one, I guess. They are a lot like a life vest at sea or a parachute in an airplane. You sure don't plan to need one but it is comforting to know it is there........just in case.

Some questions that I have are whether the thing completely uses up one of the CO2 cartridges when you blow out a ball or do you get more than one discharge from each cartridge? How much is a cartridge? Does it use the same cartridges as a CO2 pellet gun or does it require special cartridges?
 
Best thing since beer in a can. Everyone should have one. Get both types of nozzle (flintlock and percussion) even if your gun works you can help the other guys in a group. It sure speeds things up and is much safer than pulling a ball. Also remember there are lots of reasons why a gun might not want to go off besides dry balling.
 
Billnpatti said:
Some questions that I have are whether the thing completely uses up one of the CO2 cartridges when you blow out a ball or do you get more than one discharge from each cartridge? How much is a cartridge? Does it use the same cartridges as a CO2 pellet gun or does it require special cartridges?

It almost never uses up the whole CO2 cart, but the remaining gas can leak out before the next use. I buy the cheapest carts I can find- usually one of those boxes of a dozen+ sold to the pellet gun users.

Though I haven't dry balled in quite some time, that doesn't mean the guys around me have managed to avoid it. Knock wood. I use mine most often to unload guns when returning from unsuccesful hunts. Just poof the ball out into a cardboard box with a few old towels in it, then retrieve ball for future use. Can't say that about balls retrieved with a conventional puller.
 
btech said:
Dry balled my 45 Kentucky at the range yesterday. Pulled out my new CO2 unloader, screwed in a CO2 canister and one shot sent the PRB about 30 feet past the muzzle. I would recommend that anyone shooting BP have one of these in his bag. Very quick and safe. Couple of minutes, you're back shooting. Be sure you have a fitting that matches your nipple size.

I use them daily on "the hunt"; I prefer to blow the load, wipe thoroughly with alcohol, and reload for the next day as I hunt in very wet/cold climate.... And THAT in that I stay in a small town motel. So I don't have to shoot the gun and can empty it into the trash can inside the motel room... its a Perfect tool for such work.
 
you have to have a good seal / tight patch for them to work properly. If you load with loosey goosey patch / ball combinations the gas will just blow by and not do the discharge.
 
BrownBear said:
I use mine most often to unload guns when returning from unsuccesful hunts. Just poof the ball out into a cardboard box with a few old towels in it, then retrieve ball for future use. Can't say that about balls retrieved with a conventional puller.


Wattsy said:
I use them daily on "the hunt"; I prefer to blow the load, wipe thoroughly with alcohol, and reload for the next day as I hunt in very wet/cold climate.... And THAT in that I stay in a small town motel. So I don't have to shoot the gun and can empty it into the trash can inside the motel room... its a Perfect tool for such work.

Ok I'm sold.. :thumbsup:
 
Paul_R said:
Ok I'm sold.. :thumbsup:

Another good use: Our neighbor and good friend has a cat (good cat, bad habit) that insisted on marking our front door.

Rigged a loop of line around the CO2 discharger and closed the door with the discharger outside and the line inside. Next time the cat backed up to the door, I gave a pull on the line.

The big HISSSSSSS launched that cat further than it's ever discharged a ball out of the bore. Never been back to mark our door. :rotf:
 
Yes sir I have been on that band wagon for some time now. I have found it is not only faster but safer as well. I cringe every time I see two or three people struggling to pull a ball. It is darn near impossible to do this without someone being covered by the muzzle. I do realize that it is said to be powder less but still!

I have found it helpful to check patch and ball fit in the barrel. Geo. T.
 
re: cost for refills - even buying the fairly large (16 gram) ones made by the same company that makes my unit is $11.24 for 6 on Amazon. Free shipping for Prime members or presumably with the usual $25 or whatever it is.

I use them infrequently enough that I don't mind paying $2 here or there.
 
They also work great for "Fire Lapping" the bore of a muzzle loader. No powder fowling to impair the the lapping compound. :)
 
I got 4 good blasts out of a cartridge. They are not the same as a normal CO2 cartridge, they are larger. Right now I'm paying too much for refills from Oct Cntry. Looking for alternatives. If you can, find one that uses normal cartridges.
 
I actually used a little canister once but I had to put in some padding or it wouldn't make contact.
 
I bought them directly from the company and 30 at a time was pretty reasonable. I looked up their site from the logo on the un loader. I bought the unthreaded ones and ended up running them thru a die, The ones that came with it were not threaded but these were oversized. I still love the one I got from Dixie. By the way I do not have a problem with them bleeding down. Geo. T.
 
They work great most of the time. Yesterday I dry balled my new flintlock so bad I used up an entire cartridge and could not get it out. I just had to pull it the old fashion way.
 
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