54 caliber ball in barrel, oops

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What is the best way to remove a ball from a Lyman 54 caliber muzzleloader.

Has anyone tried this with a small homesize air compressor?

If so what happened?

Sage 1

allen griggs

It is worth a try.
They make a CO2 ball ejecting device, so your air compressor may work.

I have a ball puller, it goes on the end of the cleaning rod, and screws into the lead ball.

Also, assuming the ball is rammed all the way down the barrel, you can pull the nipple, and put as much powder as you can fit into the drum.
Put the nipple back in and fire it, you may blow it out.
You will certainly blow it up the barrel a bit, then, pull the nipple again, and put a bunch of powder in there, replace the nipple.
Be sure to ram the ball home, no air space.
Fire it out.

swearengine

An air compressor does work extremely well. Make sure you have the muzzle pointed in a safe direction because the ball will exit as if it was fired. By using the air compressor you can discharge the rifle without having to clean it.

dsmc1

How would you get the air into the barrel to eject the ball? Do you need to make a connector to screw into the nipple hole?

tomahawk

sage...put a cap on the nipple and fire it, this will move the ball forward

2. pull the nipple and sprinkle a few grains of black powder or crushed up propellant into the nipple hole
3.replace the nipple and reseat the bullet
4 fire the gun[;)]