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My only question is: "How sad were you when you finally wore out that flannel shirt and decided to cut it up for cleaning patches?" I bet it looked real cute on you!

It wasn't a shirt Bronko. That was my one-piece "footie" PJs. I really miss them.

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Originally Posted by lemoyne (Post 3837023)

Semi, I find one thing missing. I always include a drill threaded to fit the end of the ram rod. If you have to pull a ball [usually to help some one else, my boy put several down with out powder years ago] if you drill a hole in the ball then the puller will grab it good with out spreading the ball and it will come out much easier.
PS. I thread the drill end to attach it to the ram rod.

That's a pretty good idea Lee. I've only used a ball puller twice. Once on a hollow point Deep Curl and once on a lead ball. The hollow point was easy to grab. But the ball took a little pressure to get started and the screw pulled out once or twice before it got a good grip. Are drill bit shanks difficult to tap, or do you heat them first to soften them?

A go bag for each gun?where you going keep 50 or so of them go bags?

Fifty bags??? Who do you think I am Chet? Cayugad?? :D

.58 TC/GM Hawken
.50 TC/GM-LRH Hawken
.45 TC/GM-LRH Renegade
.50 TC/GM-LRH Renegade
.54 TC/GM Renegade
.54 Great Plains Flinter
.32 Pedersoli Flinter

That's only six bags (the two .50's share the same one). I don't have bags for the two in-lines.

Semi, I just took a twist bit of the right size to thread 10-32 and screw the threading die on it. Most of the lower priced bit are only tempered on the cutting end.