Wad Problem

[tkcomer]

Still waiting on the ’58 Remington to roll in and I got to thinking. A few times on the Colt, I could not get the ball to seat far enough down for the cylinder to rotate into the fire position. I think what happens is the wad is not in the right position and won’t let the ball seat. No biggie on this gun. Just pop the wedge and the barrel off, rotate the offender into position, put the barrel back on, wedge back in and fire. I try to be careful but every now and then it happens. I came up with a tool to push the wad down flat, and it hasn’t happened since, but if it did happen on the Remington, what would you do? It seems like you would have to pull the ball. If so, how would you do it?

 

[dpote]

I usuall cut the top of the ball off with a Swiss Army Knife if I have put too much powder in the cylinder.
If you have to pull the ball, remove the nipple, pour out the powder, and use a brass or wood dowel to hammer out the projectile.

Dave

 

[tkcomer]

I thought about a file to grind the ball down, but I didn’t know if it would make it too wide to fire through the barrel. Glad to know I’m not the only one that did this. I’m being extra careful, but I do mess up at times.

 

[Duncaninfrance]

Pobodys Nerfect tkcomer
With my Rem I load with a bench loader and I have never had a problem with wads. I HAVE over filled the chamber a couple of times in the gun but not using the bench loader. One point I would make is that using a loader you see into all chambers at once so you can see if you are messing up as you go along! I also think its faster than loading in the gun.
Duncan