In a few weeks Im gonna pull the breech plug on my crockett rifle. I wanna enlarge the channel a bit for easier cleaning( its a it too "snug" for a patched jag). when I reinstall, do I put anything like locktite or pipe dope on the threads?
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Capt. Fred
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Wait till someone with more experience comes along with a more certain answer but I put anti-sieze on the threads of my breech plugs. The type you buy for spark plugs.
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Right answer.
If you are talking about the patent breech, IMHO, unless you are well experienced at removing oddball breechplugs, you best leave it alone.. :shake:
You don't need to clean the patent breech with a jag, clean it with a bore brush or a rounded breechface scraper, & then dry it with a patch on a slightly smaller caliber bore brush. You can oil the patent breech with a bore mop.
On some of these mass produced barrels, the breechplugs are put on by machine under tremendous torque, thus you may really skin that barrel up taking the breechplug out if you are not experienced to it. Some of them are put together under torque & locktite, etc. I would avoid removing it if at all possible.
Keith Lisle
You don't need to clean the patent breech with a jag, clean it with a bore brush or a rounded breechface scraper, & then dry it with a patch on a slightly smaller caliber bore brush. You can oil the patent breech with a bore mop.
On some of these mass produced barrels, the breechplugs are put on by machine under tremendous torque, thus you may really skin that barrel up taking the breechplug out if you are not experienced to it. Some of them are put together under torque & locktite, etc. I would avoid removing it if at all possible.
Keith Lisle
rafterob
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It can be very difficult to remove those breech plugs for reasons already stated. If you want to attempt it make sure you remove the drum first. It threads all the way through the breech plug. It is really the channel through this drum extension that you are wishing to enlarge. There is not much to work with there and you may compromise the integrity of that shaft by attempting to enlarge it. Necchi has posted a good picture of this breech recently and you can see how they are put together. I would not mess with it.
