The first thing to try is warm soap water down the bore from the top. A wet patch normally pulls easier. The second thing to try is wrap the end of your rod, put it in a vise and pull on the barrel. As a last resort I have pulled the nipple and trickled in a couple grains of powder, put on a cap, and shot it out. Just a couple of grains or your going to be looking for your ramrod a long time. The first time I was very careful and the ramrod only came 1/2 way out, but that was good enough.
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Yeah i used the soapy water and i pulled out. And yes I cleaned it out. I may be kind of new to muzzleloading but i realize water and guns don't mix! 
I figured you did know that. I once had a fellow complain about a stuck ball. He said he would bring it to where we worked, next week. A stuck ball doesn't sound like much of a problem, but he had moisture in the patch from blowing down the barrel in cold weather. It left a ring in the bore for the rest of the life of that rifle. Sometimes odd things happen to those of us with years of experience. As I get older they appear to be getting more frequent. :wink:Coonhunter23 said:Yeah i used the soapy water and i pulled out. And yes I cleaned it out. I may be kind of new to muzzleloading but i realize water and guns don't mix!
Alcohol as you know will almost dry itself. So you swab with it, then a dry patch and the bore is normally pretty dry. If it is a percussion lock, WINDEX works real well. The dollar store glass cleaner works fine. Spritz the patch and swab with that.
At the range swab between each shot to avoid huge build ups of carbon making it hard to swab. You don't normally hunt with a rifle with a fowled bore so why would pratiac with one.
I use patches that are pre loaded with alcohol some times. their sold in a box of one hundred for less than 5 bucks. I also use normal patching that I dip in a bit of alcohol to swab with between shots.
range sessions should not be just about working up a load.
Once the load is worked up then you should shoot with out patching the bore to see how many shots before the groups fall off. Most of my ML's won't do over 3 shots before the groups take the hand cart to He77.
You should also shot with the protection you use on the muzzle for hunting during a misty rain or down right down pour.
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At the range swab between each shot to avoid huge build ups of carbon making it hard to swab. You don't normally hunt with a rifle with a fowled bore so why would pratiac with one.
I use patches that are pre loaded with alcohol some times. their sold in a box of one hundred for less than 5 bucks. I also use normal patching that I dip in a bit of alcohol to swab with between shots.
range sessions should not be just about working up a load.
Once the load is worked up then you should shoot with out patching the bore to see how many shots before the groups fall off. Most of my ML's won't do over 3 shots before the groups take the hand cart to He77.
You should also shot with the protection you use on the muzzle for hunting during a misty rain or down right down pour.
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