Wouldn't wish this on anyone

[RobertSubnet]

I managed to purchase the wrong sizeround ballsfor my ML. TheRBs I purchased were too large. Needless to say one of them got stuck in the barrel. And so I had to resort to pulling the dang thing out.

After all sorts of fruitless pulling I finally got the idea to clamp a vise grip to the end ofthe range rod I was using to pull the ball out with and tie the whole thing to ladder. Then using my body weight, I would pull downon the barrel.

Here is what it looked like:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-1/86657/ladderbarrel.jpg

Thankfully it actually worked. The range rod is a little beat-up, but the barrel is free of any obstructions.

Hopefully no one else will have to resort to such drastic measures!

~Robert

[Semisane]

Hey Subnet, have you filed for a patent on that rig?

If it works, it works - nothing else counts.Happy for your success.

[cayugad]

Glad to hear that everything came out all right.

[metaldonnieg]

ORIGINAL: cayugad

Glad to hear that everything came out all right.

literally hehe

[cascadedad]

I wonder what your neighbors were thinking.

Maybe they are used to it.

Hey, good job improvising......whatever it takes.

[goatbrother]

McGiver would be proud of ya!!![8D]

[wabi]

I've had to resort to tying the ramrod to a tree and pulling on the rifle a time or two. Then I decided to buy a Co2 "ball discharger". Rare to need it, but it does work!

[RobertSubnet]

Actually I had the wife standing on the ladder to keep it from tipping at one point...it was pretty crazy, but it did work.

Wabi, the tree idea is a good one. However here in Arizona we have cacti. And those thorns don't like to have rope around them

~Robert