were to buy a co2 ball remover kit

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any canadian dealers have the cor powered kit to blow out the ball and chrge from a muzzleloader?

i need one ( to keep) to assist a friend who has a muzzleloader with a dry load. its a percussion gun.

am located in eastern canada but any source is welcomed ( or a private sale)

thanks from don
 
Any powder behind it? if yes soak the powder with water. use some penetrating oil to loosen up the ball a little and pull it out with ball puller or go to a mechanic shop or a car auto shop they have high pressure AIR comp for painting and other stuff. use their but point at safe direction at all times.
Good luck
 
Depending on the gun...

A few years back I had been given a percussion gun that had been double loaded. The guy tried what he thought was good, to get the loads out, to no success. That included WD40, mostly, and breakinh off his puller in the ball.

I made up an adapter to attach a grease nipple to the threads that the percussion nipple screwed in to. Took a good grunt worth on the grease gun to get the loads moving, but move they did.

Only took a few minutes to clean all the grease out afterwards.

I would suggest staying well away from water to wet it down. It will be OK if you get the ball out right away, but if not, do you want water sitting inside the bore until the next try?

Cheers
Trev
 
Shelldrake said:
This has worked for me,,
Remove the nipple, and pack in some powder (4f or 3f). You don't need very much to pop the ball out.
Put the nipple back on, and fire it off.
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This is the answer that I have seen work for literally dozens of dry-balls. Some of them weren't even mine! :D

Pull the nipple and keep adding fine powder while tapping the side to the barrel until you have a few grains in there. Fire as usual. Seldom fails and requires nothing but a nipple wrench.
 
update .........the powder charge is heavily oil contaminated.

the owner has tried the trickle powder in the nipple and fire it ........no success.

as to ball puller............ive tried that before and ended up with either broken rod .

ill try the compressed air or perhaps grease methods .
 
I talked to my dad. He used a rubber tire stem and drilled out 1/4 by 28 tpi grease fitting. He said it worked but was a pain . He also mentioned using a grease gun to push it out. If it does not have tight seal the co2 just blows by.
 
Shooters choice in Waterloo used to carry them. I would imagine that they still do. A good option for unloading your rifle after the hunt if shooting it is not a good option. You will probably only get 2-3 unloads per co2 cyl.
 
It usually does not take much pressure to remove a stuck ball. I use an air hose with a rubber nozzle. On a flint lock that nozzle gets pushed against the touch hole and pressure gets applied. The ball will usually leave the barrel - point it in a safe direction when you do this. The ball can go over 1/2 inch into a phone book depending on the pressure. Start with 40 p.s.i. .

I have removed dozens of stuck balls this way - only one of my own though.
A cheap C. Tire compressor that plugs into a cigaret lighter will give more than enough pressure to remove a ball.

On a percussion - take out the nipple and do the same.

A few grains of powder will work as well.

And a good ball puller works too.

Last resort. Remove the barrel, make an index mark on the breech plug and barrel, then wrap the barrel in leather and put in a padded vise. Use the proper breech plug wrench and remove the breech plug. the ball can then be tapped outwith a steel rod.
Clean, lubricate with copper coat anti seize, reassemble, and you are good to go.
 
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