Van man
32 Cal
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- Feb 17, 2020
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Ever have a problem you just can’t let go? Well, here’s one. I own a Traditions .32 Crockett Rifle, it’s my squirrel gun. About 6 months ago a copper cleaning brush got stuck in the patent breech. I tried a few common solutions but to no avail. I took the barrel to my local gunsmith. He tried blowing it out with 3,000 lbs. of air pressure and tried to drill it but no go. We even talked about removing the breech plug but of course it’s a Traditions so a complicated endeavor. So we decide, hey we’re beat. Move on. So, I called Traditions and ordered a new barrel, only cost $206 but took 120 days to arrive. I got the new barrel in February and put it together and all is swell.
Except one thing, I put the old barrel back in the box and put it way up on a shelf in my workshop. It keeps calling to me, I’m still usable for something, you can clear the blockage and do something with me. Any ideas? Talked to a buddy in my long rifles club and he said put something down the barrel to dissolve the copper and maybe you can get the remaining pieces out. I said and then what? He said, build another rifle?? So guys ideas????
Except one thing, I put the old barrel back in the box and put it way up on a shelf in my workshop. It keeps calling to me, I’m still usable for something, you can clear the blockage and do something with me. Any ideas? Talked to a buddy in my long rifles club and he said put something down the barrel to dissolve the copper and maybe you can get the remaining pieces out. I said and then what? He said, build another rifle?? So guys ideas????