Removing a old load from a jeger barrel M/1803

[runastav]

Hi all! Sometimes we must deal with OLD loads in barrel, here is one I must drill a hole in 6mm first then remowe it . Think this load was 100 plus minus old xstremly hard to remove. And firs I try remowing the breachplug but gave up
Runar

[Hawken62_flint]

I just purchased a percussion Jaeger made somewhere between 1830 and 1850 as it has always been percussion  and when I got it home I discovered that it is loaded.  I am soaking it with oil and hope I can pull the ball. I purchased two more older smoothbores and one of those was also loaded, but appeared to only have powder in it and I was able to easily remove the powder .

[Bigmon]

BE CAREFUL!!  I like the idea of soaking it first.

[Daryl]

Due to the likelihood of rust or corrosion between the "load" and barrel wall(along with the old powder),
soaking with a thin penetrating solution would be the first thing I did.

[Tim Crosby]

 Is that the ball on the left? Looks like it was loaded with a  mallet.

    Tim C.

[Jim Curlee]

I popped one out with my air compressor set at a hundred.
Flew across the shop, and actually flattened a bit. LOL

Jim

[Hawken62_flint]

Today I tackled the removal of the load in the percussion Jaeger I recently purchased. I tried 2 different ball pullers yesterday and ended breaking one of them as it kept catching on something so I twisted the rod with a pair of vise grips and broke the puller. Then I tried 2 different drill bits and it felt like I was drilling into metal not lead. So I gave up yesterday. This afternoon I got the idea to remove the breech plug. It wouldn't budge, so I put the Map gas Torch to it and after a couple minutes I was able to remove the breech plug. Remember I had thoroughly soaked the load with penetrating oil. With the plug out, hi was able to drive the load out with my stainless cleaning rod and a ball peen hammer. And what did I find-- a screw screwed into the ball where someone else had tried to pull it and left the screw behind . So I was drilling into metal and the puller I broke was caught on the screw. Cleaned up everything and put it back ogether

[Daryl]

Well done on getting THAT out.
A REALLY good scrubbing with a square of Maroon ScotchBrite on a jab is in order for that bore, if you have ANY designs on shooting it.
Wet the material with WD40 and have at it. Got to be snug. 50 to 100 passes are not too much- whatever is needed. It will follow the rifling
so no harm is done. We've salvaged several improperly cleaned barrels doing this.
That rifle looks like it deserves to be shot.

[Story]

Guess I lucked out - someone shipped me [ ] a .62 back action RIC carbine with a 20 gauge slug over a nitrocellulose charge.
Came out easy enough with a worm.

[Hawken62_flint]

Daryl, it feels like it needs to be shot. Thanks for the tip on the scotch brite. The Triggers need a little work as the won't hold on set and it needs a nose cap.  Not sure why the cap is missing. .

[Pukka Bundook]

Pleased you got that out without the bore getting hurt, Hawk.
I just got one , just an old barrel from an auction, (P '53) and it's loaded too, but appears to be wads and shot.
Worst I had was a 5 inch nail jammed down a torador barrel. No breech plug to remove..
Everything wanted to run past that nail and jam.