Got the muzzleloader out yesterday to try and sight it in after putting new sights on it. TC .50 cal hawken ( or look a like) flintlock. Cleaned the barrel before we started shooting. Was cleaning it after 2 or 3 shots with 1 bore butter parch and a dry patch. After a couple rounds like this, i could push the ramrod down the barrel with the patch but it would stuck and not able to pull it back out.
EDIT
finally after breaking off the jag and then removing it, i got the barrel all cleaned out, using hot water, soap, some black powder cleaner, the barrel was clean, or so i thought. went to shoot some more and the same thing, even after 1 shot it was hard to push the ramrod down and and almost impossible to pull it back out. don't ask how we pulled it out.
in between shots, after we would get the ramrod out and moving a bit, i could feel a little bit of a rough spot at the breech end of the barrel and then it would go away after cleaning it a bit.
what am i doing wrong? i've never had this trouble before. it was thoughly cleaned when i put it away last year.
EDIT
finally after breaking off the jag and then removing it, i got the barrel all cleaned out, using hot water, soap, some black powder cleaner, the barrel was clean, or so i thought. went to shoot some more and the same thing, even after 1 shot it was hard to push the ramrod down and and almost impossible to pull it back out. don't ask how we pulled it out.
in between shots, after we would get the ramrod out and moving a bit, i could feel a little bit of a rough spot at the breech end of the barrel and then it would go away after cleaning it a bit.
what am i doing wrong? i've never had this trouble before. it was thoughly cleaned when i put it away last year.