deerslayer303
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So I got the CVA Plainsman that I bought on Gunbroker in this morning. I looked it over. Its in pretty good shape. Took out its wooden ram rod and dropped it down the barrel. I got a low toned THUD, Not the TINK you expect to hear from the brass end on the ram rod hitting STEEL AWWW CRAP! I knew what it meant as soon as I heard it. SO I took my other CVA Plainsman out of the cabinet to compare. The first pic you will see are two IDENTICAL CVA Rifles side by side. Both of their ram rods are EXACTLY the same length. The rifle on the left is not loaded the rifle on the right IS. The second pic you will see the rifle on the right has my range rod down the bore. Now the line you see scribed in it is marked (even with the muzzle) FOR a LOADED Plainsman rifle at 70grs REAL FFg BLACK POWDER, .010" Patch and a .490 Ball. See how much higher the scribed mark is above the muzzle. SO I have no Idea what the charge is or even if it is a double ball. NEVER FIRE AN UNKNOWN LOAD OUT OF A MUZZLE LOADER NEVER EVER EVER EVER!!! Looking down the bore with a bore light I can see its a patched round ball down there. Now I will try to pull this ball, if that don't work I will use a CO2 Discharger. I hope this post will help put some fat on the head of some newbie to FRONT STUFFING!! I'm no expert but the guys here have trained me well.
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