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I have been taking mine out. Mine has 1/4 x28 threads. I am considering buying a 1 inch bolt matching those threads so that i could take the liner out and screw it in so that water could soak in the bore better during cleaning. I have tried the toothpick in the touchhole and water still runs out. I don't see an issue with the threads in the barrel wearing out. I mean they are steel after all and the touch hole liners with slots or allen heads are easy to take out and screw back in. I also take a flash light and look at the bore in the breech. Can't see everything but can see if the groves are clean adjacent to the touch hole. Just my thoughts.
 
This is an interesting thread. I'm still a newbie (within my first year honeymoon), and I've been removing my touch hole liner every time I clean it. I do have that purple high-temp grease sold by TOW for lubricating the threads, and I use that every time too. And I'm super careful about the threads, and not over-tightening when I reinstall it.

Now ya'll have me thinking I should just leave it in there, but I have to tell you that it gets really dirty even with only a few shots. I would imagine it getting pretty gunked up over time.
 
Removable liner = projectile.
Dangerous to yourself, and any one to your right.
There is ni need to clean a touch hole. Self cleaning with that jet of glass that shoots out.
 
I pull the nipple on my percussion rifles to clean, but not the bolster screw and not the touch hole liner on my flints. This is just my method, but in 40 plus years it has worked for me.
 
With flintlocks, the lock is the only thing I remove. The liner stays in and maybe gets a pipe cleaner "cleaning". With percussions I do remove the nipple for cleaning along with the barrel (if it's a hooked breech).
 
Well, since my barrel has to go back to Lyman for replacement and I'm not going to be able to shoot for a couple months I'll have some time to digest the great information here. Thanks!
 
In firing, pressure forces corrosive residue into nipple threads. I remove them every time after a shoot and clean the threads & coat the threads with anti-seize.

Same for my touch hole liner threads.
 
skypilot39b said:
yeah, I know, it's a can of worms.....This question is fairly simple. Lyman GPR, Flint, do I leave the touch hole liner in or take it out for cleaning?
Leave it alone...
 
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