Re: Notes On The Ram Rod Stuck In The Barrel Problem
Brian,
I too field clean at every event and do a complete teardown when I get home. I had the unfortunate happen to me recently with a bore brush as I was giving the old girl her going into storage for a few months cleaning. What I finally did was pour some sweet oil down the barrel and let it get around the brush. Then using a variation of the canteen strap method gave it a few tugs and once it moved she slid right on out. I was just surprised that a bore brush could get stuck that easily in a musket that was already fairly clean (had already flushed all the fouling out o the barrel was just getting the rifling clean). Of course after all that oil going down I had to go through and clean it again to get as much out as possible, I also blew quite a few caps before loading it again but she fired on the first cap after loading.
I've seen them need the help of a trained gunsmith before too though where the only option was pull the breech plug and finish sending it through. One thing I do not use is the round jag you wrap a patch around, seen too much bad ju ju with those things getting stuck. The wiper or a slotted jag is all I use for patches.
Brian,
I too field clean at every event and do a complete teardown when I get home. I had the unfortunate happen to me recently with a bore brush as I was giving the old girl her going into storage for a few months cleaning. What I finally did was pour some sweet oil down the barrel and let it get around the brush. Then using a variation of the canteen strap method gave it a few tugs and once it moved she slid right on out. I was just surprised that a bore brush could get stuck that easily in a musket that was already fairly clean (had already flushed all the fouling out o the barrel was just getting the rifling clean). Of course after all that oil going down I had to go through and clean it again to get as much out as possible, I also blew quite a few caps before loading it again but she fired on the first cap after loading.
I've seen them need the help of a trained gunsmith before too though where the only option was pull the breech plug and finish sending it through. One thing I do not use is the round jag you wrap a patch around, seen too much bad ju ju with those things getting stuck. The wiper or a slotted jag is all I use for patches.
Comment