countryboy2441
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What's the best way to clean the breech area in a Pedersoli Hawken Hunter? I know there is a small holes at the bottom and the cleaning jag doesn't fit.
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Cleaning breech
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The flushing method is best.
If you flush, it will be clean. If you look down it with a bore light it may look dirty, but that's because the breech face or recess isn't machined and polished like the barrel is.
The biggest mistake people make is not cleaning the gun before they shoot it. This allows oil, dust, debris, spiders etc. to clog the flame channel.
If you flush, it will be clean. If you look down it with a bore light it may look dirty, but that's because the breech face or recess isn't machined and polished like the barrel is.
The biggest mistake people make is not cleaning the gun before they shoot it. This allows oil, dust, debris, spiders etc. to clog the flame channel.
From the Pedersoli illustrated parts drawing, the Pedersoli Hawken Hunter does not have a hooked breech.
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/uploads/prodotti/S664-665.pdfThis isn't necessarily the problem we sometimes make it out to be. Remove the ramrod, unscrew the tang bolt, pull out the wedge and the barrel can be lifted from the stock to flush the barrel for cleaning. Remove the nipple and put the breech into a tub of warm water. A squirt of dish soap aids in cleaning, but isn't really necessary. The forceful flush of water through the breech is he best was to clean a chambered breech such as installed on the Pedersoli Hawken Hunter.
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/uploads/prodotti/S664-665.pdfThis isn't necessarily the problem we sometimes make it out to be. Remove the ramrod, unscrew the tang bolt, pull out the wedge and the barrel can be lifted from the stock to flush the barrel for cleaning. Remove the nipple and put the breech into a tub of warm water. A squirt of dish soap aids in cleaning, but isn't really necessary. The forceful flush of water through the breech is he best was to clean a chambered breech such as installed on the Pedersoli Hawken Hunter.
A flush nipple can also be used, for guns that don't have removable barrels.
I have learned to flush without a bucket or nipple and hose.
