Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Muzzleloaders Anyone tried to pull a Thor conical?

CA so need to shoot non lead. Would like to use Thors (or some other non lead option?) in one of my traditional 48" twist caplocks, but am afraid to in case I need to pull one. Has anyone actually tried with success?

Maybe a Co2 unit instead of trying to pull it out?

Yes but they aren’t 100%. Is like to know there’s a foolproof back up plan before shooting.

I gave up on bullet pulling years ago. If I can't shoot it oit, I use my compressed air unloader.
I use it every day I go out huntimg rather than have a charge and ball sit in the gun

Awesome bullets

Specifically what kind of rifle? Ever had it not work?

if the bore is clean and unfired I leave the charge and ball alone the entire hunting season.
I don't use them newfangled thingies but have had lead loads so stuck i had to use a grease gun to clear the load when it wouldn't move via air, or puller.
find a grease zerk that fits if it is a cap lock and pump it out.
flinter's are harder but can be done.

With my cap lock, I once shoved a slug down an uncharged barrel. Unscrewed the nipple and worked powder in until it would absorb no more. Reassembled and fired. That was enough to send the slug about 50 yds downrange.

So you find a zerk fitting that is the same thread and pitch as the nipple threads, and then pump that barrel so full of grease that it hydraulically pushes the projectile out? That’s brilliant on one hand, yeah, what an incredible mess that must be on the other hand! How on earth do you clean that out?

I watched a shooter do this once.
To clean the grease from the barrel he first removed the nipple. Then put a paper towel next to the opening. He pushed a patch down the bore with the ramrod and all the grease just piled up on the paper towel. A couple dry patches down the bore afterwards and he was ready to go.

bingo!

Considering that thors normally load with 15-20lbs of seating pressure, removing them with a ball puller should be a very easy chore. They sell ball pullers in different sizes that would fill up the hollow point, or narrow enough to cut into the ballistic tip, depending which thor you are shooting.

Thor recommends a sizing pack to find which diameter you need. That’s what scares me a little bit, I don’t want to stick one midway down, so these removal suggestions are very helpful.

See link, in a traditional ML I was hoping to be able to pull or blow out the too small ones during this sizing process. I suppose I could shoot them out too, but that would require another trip to the range.

https://thorbullets.com/pages/thor-bullets-sizing-instructions