After church, I took my brother shooting out in the boonies in Indiana. Took the .50 Hawken, 1858 Remington, and my AR. Near the end of our day, after a few hours of marvelous fun, lots of sweat, and great groups, I was shooting my AR while my brother loaded the 1858. After I finished my 3 shot group, he shot my 1858, probably the fourth cylinder full of the day. First five shots were all good fun, but the sixth sounded a little off. After double checking all of the chambers were empty, I checked the bore, and sure enough, there was something in there. I checked the powder measure, and it was empty. Seems that it ran out on the last cylinder or only had a lot less than the 30 grains of FF we usually load. He was very disappointed in himself for not noticing.
So now I have a ball lodged about 1" down the bore, and it doesn't seem to have budged even after tapping at it with a wooden dowel and hammer for a good while. Any ideas?
So now I have a ball lodged about 1" down the bore, and it doesn't seem to have budged even after tapping at it with a wooden dowel and hammer for a good while. Any ideas?