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How do you clean the cavity in the breech plug
I have a T/C white mtn carbine with a green mtn LRH barrel. I was cleaning after a range session today and shone the light down the barrel after I thought I was done. I noticed a cavity at the bottom in what I presume is the breech plug. It is a smaller diameter than the bore, and I looked and there was still black crud in there. Is there a special tool to get in there and scrub it out? The jag and patch can't get in there.
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There are scrappers you can buy. What your looking at is the cone of the breech plug. I clean them with a wire brush for a 30 caliber. Dump some solvent down there then push that 30 caliber brush down there, twist it clockwise but be careful not to turn it off. Then after your done, use a water bath and flush that cone out.
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Thanks. Dave I'll try that. I was hoping someone made a brush with the bristles pointing out the end. HMMM maybe there's a market for such a thing?
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Get yourself a 1/4" x 36" hardwood dowel from the hardware store. Cut a slot about 3/4" deep in one end with a hacksaw blade, and round it off. Use a small patch in the slot to clean the patent breech - push it in and pull it out with a twisting motion. No - it won't come off. I use this one for my Renegade's GM barrels and my Great Plains flintlock.
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![]() The fouling scraper with the rounded edge on the bottom right may be made by TC. You can carve a scraper with a rounded blade that's the right size to fit your powder chamber out of the wooden dowel that has already been mentioned. |
Originally Posted by cayugad
(Post 3487374)
There are scrappers you can buy. What your looking at is the cone of the breech plug. I clean them with a wire brush for a 30 caliber. Dump some solvent down there then push that 30 caliber brush down there, twist it clockwise but be careful not to turn it off. Then after your done, use a water bath and flush that cone out.
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I use my dremmel tool with a little cone shapped tip and I put Flitz on it.I use a low speed
Like a mirror.I have a thin wire nipple pick for the flash hole and I know it's not getting as clean as it could. |
Originally Posted by saxman1
(Post 3488685)
I use my dremmel tool with a little cone shapped tip and I put Flitz on it.I use a low speed
Like a mirror.I have a thin wire nipple pick for the flash hole and I know it's not getting as clean as it could. |
I use a breech plug brush from Log Cabin
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