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Post by loggy on Feb 3, 2008 13:10:35 GMT -4
How many in addition to the hot soapy water etc. use a copper/brass brush in cleaning anytime???
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Post by whitetail101 on Feb 3, 2008 22:32:50 GMT -4
I don't subscribe to the hot soapy water method, I use specialized bore cleaners on a patch then run a copper brush through the bore several times. I finish off with a bore-snake and a couple patches.
I also use a breech brush for cleaning the breech plug area(my flinter has a removable breech plug) and a special brush for cleaning the touch hole(liner removed).
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Post by zimmerstutzen on Feb 4, 2008 10:45:42 GMT -4
Warning, a tight fitting metal bristle bore brush can easily get stuck down in a muzzleloader and be impossible to pull out again. If your breech plug is removeable fine. Other wise you could end up with a gun smith bill to take the barrel and breech plug apart. A breech brush is a different animal and may or may not work in your gun. I have a TC flintlock breech plug here on my desk. The cavity in the breech plug is slightly under an inch deep and the cavity is only .346 in diameter. So if you shove a .50 cal breech brush down your TC hawken, it is too big to even clean out the breech plug cavity. ie a waste of effort. In most patent breech guns, a breech brush will not clean out the breech plug cavity. If you have an older styled screw in breech plug with the flat face, a breech brush will work.
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Post by loggy on Feb 6, 2008 22:36:23 GMT -4
I also have found the breech scraper useful.
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