Cotton stuck in flash hole

[HB]

I was getting my Knight inline 12 gauge blackpowder shotgun ready for turkey season today and made a stupid mistake while cleaning.

In an effort to remove all carbon from the flash/priming hole I got a piece of cotton t shirt stuck in there pretty good. I don't have a piece of wire stuff enough to push it back out.

Any suggestions? Will soaking it in hoppes work? Keep busting caps until it burns out?

As always I should have been happy with what I had. Gun shot amazing patterns and was plenty clean. Then I went a step further and got cloth stuck in the flash hole.

Thanks,
HB

 

[J-Bar]

How about a sewing needle?

 

[herrwalther]

I always found a bent paper clip is pretty useful for cleaning debris out of a flash hole.

 

[HB]

I tried a paper clip but either the cotton is too stuck or the hole is too small. Same deal with a needle but above all I don't want to break anything off in there.

Thoughts on burning it out?


HB

 

[Jim K]

How about just priming the pan and snapping it? The fire should burn out the stuck bit of cloth.

Jim

 

[HB]

It is an inline but I'm thinking the same. 209s should fry whatever is in there and hopefully not cause it to get jammed further in the hole

 

[rcmodel]

Blow it out with caps.

Or, heat a paper-clip red hot with a propane torch and burn through it.

Then blow it out with caps.

In either case?

Blow it out with caps.

I can't see t-shirt cotton standing up to the flame & pressure from a cap very much longer then a mili- second after the first one goes off.

rc

 

[Jim K]

My bad. When the OP said "flash hole", I thought flintlock. But a cap/209 primer should do an even better job of blowing out the cloth.

Jim

 

[Sun Tzu warrior]

Cotton will disintegrate if battery acid gets on it, followed by water. (don't ask me how I know)
I would remove the breech plug, then try to chemically remove it with the above action.
STW

 

[4v50 Gary]

C02 stuck ball discharger?

 

[HB]

Ended up just soaking the breech plug in hoppes then blowing it away with 209s. First primer exploded but as always safety glasses and ear pro are a must.

Didn't want to do anything extreme as I believe these things aren't made anymore.

Regardless the gun shoots fine is about as much fun as possible in a shotgun. Once the boredom of summer sets in we'll see if I can hit some clays as dove season approaches.

Thanks,
HB