RonRC
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Went shooting with a fine fellow on this site, BigAl52. When I returned home, I did a detailed cleaning of my Tom Watson made percussion mountain rifle.
To check the bore for any rust or residual crud, I put one of those brass bore lights you can buy from TOTW or other muzzle loader site. The bore was clean as can be, but the light would not come out!
I shook the rifle. I carefully tapped the barrel on a carpet on the floor. I tapped harder. The light was stuck down in the breech. After several attempts to loosen it without success, I brought out the big guns - the CO2 discharger. I use this unit to push dry balls out of the barrel.
Removed the nipple, stuck the tip of the CO2 unit in and squeezed the lever. The light blew out, flew across my work bench, bounced on the concrete floor and finally stopped in another room.
I have a super-mini flashlight that I sometimes use for a bore light. It has a smaller diameter than the brass borelight, so I thought it would not jam in the barrel. So much for that thought. It also jammed and stuck fast. Another job for the CO2 discharger. The range of the super-mini light was less than the brass unit. It only went half way across the room.
Thus, I had an incident of dry light.
Ron
To check the bore for any rust or residual crud, I put one of those brass bore lights you can buy from TOTW or other muzzle loader site. The bore was clean as can be, but the light would not come out!
I shook the rifle. I carefully tapped the barrel on a carpet on the floor. I tapped harder. The light was stuck down in the breech. After several attempts to loosen it without success, I brought out the big guns - the CO2 discharger. I use this unit to push dry balls out of the barrel.
Removed the nipple, stuck the tip of the CO2 unit in and squeezed the lever. The light blew out, flew across my work bench, bounced on the concrete floor and finally stopped in another room.
I have a super-mini flashlight that I sometimes use for a bore light. It has a smaller diameter than the brass borelight, so I thought it would not jam in the barrel. So much for that thought. It also jammed and stuck fast. Another job for the CO2 discharger. The range of the super-mini light was less than the brass unit. It only went half way across the room.
Thus, I had an incident of dry light.
Ron