Thought I'd do myself a favor and get a new 50 cal bronze brush for my Hawken muzzleloader. Old one looks rusty, doesn't fit tight, and looks like it has a bend in the shaft next to the thread.
So, into the ramrod I screw the new brush. Wow, it actually fits. Push it into the dry barrel. Further, further, further, it bottoms out against the breach plug. Time to pull it out. Hmmm. Its a little tight. Hand getting slippery. Looks like a job for two hands. I place the rifle between my knees and pull with two hands. No go. What next? I now sit down on the floor, place my feet against the trigger guard and pull with both hands. Gun comes out from between my feet. Next step. I slide the barrel of the rifle through the leg of a long bench and lie on the floor. Both feet braced against the bench. Can't pull out the rod!!! I find a thin rubber strap called theraband. Its like a long scarf made of thin rubber, made for physiotherapy. I wrap it around the exposed end of the rod. Two hand grip, both feet against the bench. I pull and I pull, like I'm attempting to do a chinup from a piece of rope, BANG, the rod suddenly freed. Did the the brush come off? The bronze cap on the ramrod break free? Halleleoya! Out came the brush. S of a B, is that not what I expected. Thought maybe I'd be removing a breach plug. Perhaps a dry new brush shouldn't be pushed down a barrel??
So, into the ramrod I screw the new brush. Wow, it actually fits. Push it into the dry barrel. Further, further, further, it bottoms out against the breach plug. Time to pull it out. Hmmm. Its a little tight. Hand getting slippery. Looks like a job for two hands. I place the rifle between my knees and pull with two hands. No go. What next? I now sit down on the floor, place my feet against the trigger guard and pull with both hands. Gun comes out from between my feet. Next step. I slide the barrel of the rifle through the leg of a long bench and lie on the floor. Both feet braced against the bench. Can't pull out the rod!!! I find a thin rubber strap called theraband. Its like a long scarf made of thin rubber, made for physiotherapy. I wrap it around the exposed end of the rod. Two hand grip, both feet against the bench. I pull and I pull, like I'm attempting to do a chinup from a piece of rope, BANG, the rod suddenly freed. Did the the brush come off? The bronze cap on the ramrod break free? Halleleoya! Out came the brush. S of a B, is that not what I expected. Thought maybe I'd be removing a breach plug. Perhaps a dry new brush shouldn't be pushed down a barrel??
