Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

A neighbor and I were shooting our TC BD's today - about 25 shots each. I was using Pyrodex and he was using 777. I did loosen and tighten my breech plug every 5 or so shots and had no trouble taking it apart for cleaning. He wasn't doing this with his and it's stuck pretty good. He held onto the gun and I tried getting it out and it wouldn't budge.
Any ideas for getting one unstuck?

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

Spray some PB Blaster around the plug on the nipple side and some down the barrel and wait for a day or two and then use a real rachet or breaker bar instead of the tool. Of course remove it from the stock before you do this.

Besides that you are on your own..... Oh wait!! That is a T/C product and it is guaranteed for life!! send it in and let them fix it...:)

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

I hope you're not using that breech plug wrench that came with the rifle to try and get the stuck breech plug out. I did and broke mine. You will only end up scuffing the breech plug. Get a extention and your socket set. A 9/16th socket I believe or 7/16th is the one that fits the plug. An eight inch extention will go all the way in through the back of the breech.

Get a pan of boiling water on the stove, and in a bucket a bucket of ice cold water. Take the barrel somewhere like outside and set it up and pour boiling water down the muzzle of the barrel and through the breech plug. The idea is to break the fowling and at the same time heat the barrel up real good.

Once you're sure the barrel is real hot (wear gloves), dunk the barrel in the ice water. Let it sit there about two minutes. The idea is metal will expand and contract when subjected to extreme temperatures breaking the seized plug. Now get the wrench on it quickly and tap the handle of the socket to jerk the socket. This will usually pop it free.

If this does not work, then plug the 209 breech with something and put some liquid wrench or penetrating oil down the barrel and see if it will break it loose. When I did the same thing, the water trick worked, but I stuck my barrel in a vice after the water and hit it with an open end wrench (after taking the scope off... [:@] m).

Be sure and rinse the trigger out real well after pushing the fowling out through the breech plug. Some of that will get into the trigger assembly and it has to be washed out. Then spray the trigger down good with some WD-40 or something.

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

If cayugads method doesn't work the PB Blaster Pittsburg mentioned is the best stuff around for any frozen part that man ever created. I always keep 2 cans of the stuff on shelf. Used it on a friends Smoke Pole few months ago.He hadn't pulled plug for 5-6 years!! What a mess. Anyway - took me a couple days but PB loosened it up.

Rick,
Come back and let us know how your buddy finaly got the plug out. Good Luck

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

The socket worked. Thanks.

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

The nice thing about that socket with the extension is if you mount a scope on the rifle and it covers the breech, the socket can reach past all the scope and striker area and get that breech plug out real easy. Then all you have to do with the breech wrench that came with the rifle is to twist the plug a little on the range to keep all this from becoming a problem. Glad to hear it worked for you.

RE: Stuck breech plug (TC Black Diamond)
 

Use Never-seeze on the plug threads,and don't worry about loosening and retightening.Only put the plug in finger tight. It will come out easy every time.

Charlie