Ugly Sauce
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This should be in the gunsmith section, but a response there can sometimes take a while. So, so sorry Charlie.
Anyhow, you know I picked up a TC for free, with a barrel coated with a strange mystery black substance. I got a replacement barrel off ebay, an early one with no black-powder warnings. Please, don't need advice on removing whatever is in the bore, I'm pretty knowledgeable about that, have researched it well, and tried everything. So, no suggestions there.
My question is, I'd like to remove the breech plug, in order to attack the problem again from both ends and get a better look, but have never done that. Any advice on doing that, or any problems associated with these particular barrels when removing the breech plug would be appreciated.
I plan to make a shorty barrel out of it, if I can save the rifling. So I'll cut it first and experiment on the section I cut off. But again if I can save it, I'd like to work on it from both ends, a straight through shot if you will.
And yes I know the basics, I understand putting it in a vice and which way to turn the plug...!!! (unless the TC has BACKWARD threads, to match the backward breech plug design.
Anyhow, are they difficult, or so easy a Ugly cave man can do it? Thanks.
Anyhow, you know I picked up a TC for free, with a barrel coated with a strange mystery black substance. I got a replacement barrel off ebay, an early one with no black-powder warnings. Please, don't need advice on removing whatever is in the bore, I'm pretty knowledgeable about that, have researched it well, and tried everything. So, no suggestions there.
My question is, I'd like to remove the breech plug, in order to attack the problem again from both ends and get a better look, but have never done that. Any advice on doing that, or any problems associated with these particular barrels when removing the breech plug would be appreciated.
I plan to make a shorty barrel out of it, if I can save the rifling. So I'll cut it first and experiment on the section I cut off. But again if I can save it, I'd like to work on it from both ends, a straight through shot if you will.
And yes I know the basics, I understand putting it in a vice and which way to turn the plug...!!! (unless the TC has BACKWARD threads, to match the backward breech plug design.
Anyhow, are they difficult, or so easy a Ugly cave man can do it? Thanks.