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B.L.E. · November 7, 2012, 07:51 AM

Unless you have fletching on your ramrod, I'm pretty sure it will tumble end over end and not fly like an arrow, especially if the end that seats the ball has a heavy brass jag on it destabilizing it in its "backwards arrow" flight.

November 7, 2012, 07:51 AM	#21
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 1,683	Unless you have fletching on your ramrod, I'm pretty sure it will tumble end over end and not fly like an arrow, especially if the end that seats the ball has a heavy brass jag on it destabilizing it in its "backwards arrow" flight.