Did I mentioned that it is a rifled barrel? Is it gunsmith time? If I can't get any play when pulling will blowing it our be more effective? Going to hardware store to get an aluminum tube to line the barrel so I don't screw up the rifling. The bullet is about over 12' down from the muzzle. The barrel is soaked with Balistol and swabbed down. Won't go down or give me hope that I can pull it out. Decided to ask y'all first before I go do more stupid things. Thinking about getting a 1/2' x 4' dowel and ram that bullet down. Gave up, went home to fix the problem.ģ) Got my trusty bullet puller. The ball started to go down up until 6 inches later.Ģ) Tried really hard to ram the ball down with the ramrod. Got my wooden dowel and assisted the ball down. Then the problem started.ġ) The ball got tight 4 inches down the barrel. After shooting the other rifle I told my nephew to go ahead shoot the musket w/o cleaning the barrel. I had a dozen or so shots before I let the musket down to shoot something else. My mistake is letting the barrel cool down then shoot it again. Them boys must be cursing the world when they realize that their rifle is jammed and the enemy is shoot at them.) (I started to feel sorry for the boys fighting in the Civil War. I am afraid to further ram the ball down and I definitely could not pull it out.

Slug stuck in barrel