Pistol out and round ball in?

I read the header and it jogged my memory! About 35 years ago my friend had a New Years Eve party, about 35 of us were in the living room and dinning room waiting for the ball to drop. My buddy that lives there disappeared for a while, he went and got his .69 cal mussel loader pistol, hence the pistol and ball. So he put some powder in it and packed it with toilet paper and when the ball dropped he took it out and shot the ceiling in the living room. The toilet paper blew through the drywall and it was so loud everybody hit the ground spilled there beer the whole place was a mess. Nobody could hear for about 15 minutes, there was insulation and toilet paper hanging out of the ceiling. What a party!