Cleaning the Channel
#11
No they wouldn't. Guys would be careful, and not drill through the flash hole. Me, i have used a motor a jillion times, to clean the channel, and never once have i accidentally drilled through the flash hole. Why is it that everyone always writes "spin the drill by hand"?
Don't necessarily agree. Now a seasoned muzzleloader may not but, I've seen shooters do some really crazy things over the last 40 years. People do stupid stuff without thinking every day. Common sense appears to have been removed from the dictionary. Seasoned shooters adapt, using common sense, which is why some come up with some very ingenious ideas.
I may shoot 50+ rounds in a session and will twist the drill "by hand" about every 10th shot without removing the breech plug. Its easy, chips out the carbon and I bust a primer, then load and continue shooting.
#13
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
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Power Cleaner
Today, it has been rainy, windy, and cool. Instead of playing Monopoly, i took pictures; now it has quit raining, but it is still windy. Time to go burn powder.
My vote for the easiest way to clean the plug..... Anchor the drill as shown in the first photo in this thread, and spin the plug with one's fingers, however if the carbon in the channel is hard, and thick, i always resort to using the motor.