Okay, pedersoli 45 cal percussion pistol. Guy at the range, gun quit shooting. Figured dryball.. tried, co2 discharger, ball puller, powder through nipple, bore lite through nipple. Nothing comes out and gun won't fire, no lite through bore and no air coming through when blowing down the muzzle. Tried water as well and did not come out the nipple. Conclusion: dryball. Now used a larger screw ball puller, two yutes on the pistol, two pulling the range rod. Nothing, no movement, nothing.
So my question is, can a ball and patch go all the way into the powder chamber, get expanded in the larger chamber than the bore and be impossible to pull out through the barrel?
Only option I can think of is remove breech. Antbody got some ideas from my description? Six experienced bp shooters were trying to figure it out.
So my question is, can a ball and patch go all the way into the powder chamber, get expanded in the larger chamber than the bore and be impossible to pull out through the barrel?
Only option I can think of is remove breech. Antbody got some ideas from my description? Six experienced bp shooters were trying to figure it out.