You could always shoot them with your ramrod.. like a person I know did. Well actually he was target shooting his muzzleloader. And the mail man stopped and started talking to him. Well he got distracted. So there we stood talking to the mailman and finally the mail man left. I went back to loading my rifle, and he was loaded. So he took aim pulled the trigger and that rifle kicked the living snot out of him.
At first we thought he double charged the thing. And he was standing there crying about his brused shoulder. So I told him to forget it, and load again but be more careful It was about them he asked me, "you seen my ramrod." Every once in a while I will call him on the phone and tell him Cabela's is having a great special on ramrods if you buy six or more... He never laughs thought.