awesomeame
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fingerling
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this is totally out of curiousity for me...
how do you unload (remove projectile/patch/powder etc) a muzzle loaded firearm without discharging the firearm?
--matt
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BBob
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I'm assuming we're talking about traditional style ML's. You have what is called a bullet puller. It fits in the end of the ramrod and looks like a wood screw. You push it down the bore until it contacts the projectile, then apply pressure and screw the tip into the lead projectile, then pull it out the barrel, dump the powder and clean the ML just as if it had been fired. Bill
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BBob is correct. I think it's called a jag.
I like to shoot it to unload. Big bang and lots of smoke 
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BobK
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No, it's called a "screw" (and that's actually what it is). Yeah, it is surrounded by a brass collar to keep it from screwing up the bore.
But it's easier (and good target practice) to just "drop the hammer"!
BobK
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awesomeame
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fingerling
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cool, thanks guys, i've always been curious
--matt
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Musicman
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Bobs correct, I think the jag is the cloth cleaner thingamajig??
They also sell a CO2 system that will blow the bullet and powder out without firing it...never tried one though.
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JD
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