Originally Posted by
a1smokepole
I was at the range one day and seen a men with a rubber hummer pounding on a bullet to get it down in the barrel of a ml I stoped and ask if there was anything wrong he said no everythings fine this thing is just all ways been hard to load and his been doing this for 20 years
Actually that did happen to me once. I had a .45 cal rifle and for some reason the bore was so tight that the first time I shot it I was using a .440 RB and .015 patch. I rap it into the bore with the short starter, then a couple raps with the long end of the short starter and that's when I knew I was in trouble. Pushing down with the ramrod was futile and I knew I would never be able to pull the bullet. So, as gently as possible, I tapped the end of the wooden ramrod until the ball was finally seated on the charge. Capped the nipple and at arms length, closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. I believe I ended that shooting session after that.