Author Topic: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool  (Read 1886 times)

Offline Marcruger

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David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« on: March 28, 2020, 06:30:41 PM »



Guess who dry-balled a round yesterday.  Yep, me.  Thankfully I had David's "Gunner's Mate" tool with me.  Some Rem-Oil to get things slippery, and I pulled that tight-patched ball right out.  I used the drill as intended, and drilled the pilot hole.  I then ran in the screw puller, and it worked as advertised. 

Notice that with use these tools tone down from their as-new sparkle....as is expected. 

I highly recommend this "Swiss Army Knife for Muzzleloaders" tool.

Thank you David. 

As an aside, I pick my touchhole after loading, and before priming.  Two reasons.  One is that it opens a flash channel into the middle of the main charge to make for faster ignition.  The second is that if I get hard resistance instead of feeling a crunch of powder, then expect a dry-ball situation.  The latter is rare, but I felt it yesterday, so no surprise. 

God Bless,   Marc

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Re: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2020, 10:27:26 PM »
An exceptional tool indeed, Marc.
Daryl

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Re: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2020, 01:17:22 PM »
I've been considering getting one of those, but I don't understand why you are supposed to have threads on both ends of your ramrod.

I prefer threads on only one end.

Can you explain it to me?

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Re: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2020, 07:25:45 PM »
I had on a couple rifles, both ends threaded, 8x32 one end and 10/32 on the other. It was handy depending on which 'tool' bag I happened to have, is all.
Daryl

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Re: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2020, 04:06:00 AM »
Easy answer. The puller goes on one end. The “T” handle goes on the other threaded end.

Much easier than pulling on the small end of a ramrod when trying to pull a dry ball.

Great tool by Dave.

God bless, Marc

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Re: David Crisalli's Gunner's Mate Tool
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2020, 10:38:39 AM »
Martin,

Read through this whole page......explains it all in some detail... ;)

http://luckybag.us/GunnersMate.html
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