Removal of round and storage

yeoman · 12-06-2006, 11:50 AM

I don't like to shoot my gun to empty it as it disturbs my hunting area so I opt to pull my rounds. I still use my original (30 years old) wooden ramrod with the screw puller to do this. It can be a struggle.

1) Has anyone fabricated a puller of some kind?No onemakes a ramrod to standard cleaning rod adapter do they? The CO2 purgers are kind of expensive.

2) I store all of my guns in a glass front gun cabinet over the Summer. We have high humidity and no air conditioning but they do very well. Would you guess if I bring my CVA indoors from the cold with the round still in, it would warm up in the cabinet with relatively less condensation?

Sounds like a science project........

cayugad · 12-06-2006, 12:14 PM

Get yourself a range ramrod and a T handle that screws into the other end. You can then put your ball puller on that, hook the T-handle under your feet or in the rafters and pull the load right out. Then some simple swabbing and your done.

If the rifle barrel is real cold, after you pull the round, let it warm up to room temperature and then swab the barrel dry of any moisture. I like to use an alcohol patch to do that. Then a couple dry ones, and finally a Birchwood Casey Sheath patch through the barrel and wipe the outside off and the rifle is ready to store again...

Triple Se7en · 12-06-2006, 01:33 PM

To add to what Cayugad mentioned, the best ramrods for pulling loads are the brass ones at RMCSports.com. They weight twicce as much as any other ramrod I ever seen on a muzzleloader -- twice as strong too. Use the scroll bar on the left when you reach this site below. Click on "RAMRODS AND ACCESSORIES" -- then click on "BRASS RAMRODS". Buy the one that's 32-5/8ths long. It;'s for the Traditions Shenandoah and CVA Kentucky. Use it as a range rod also.

While at that website, look around for something else to purchase ... maybe even a black, anodized ramrod to eventually replace the existing one that you have on your current ML. Just measure the old one - then order that length in 3/8th diameter.

http://rmcsports.com/catalog.htm

yeoman · 12-07-2006, 08:19 AM

You guys are good!

I watched 12 antlerless deer use my winter wheat and soybeans this morning. Onemore morning I'll wait for one of the 4 shooter bucksI've seen, then the girls will begin to go down. Thanks again.