BH 209 Users-How do you clean your breech plug?

[BCD]

Please detail your process for cleaning your breech plug. Thanks

 

[Live_weighT34]

Soak in TC no.13 bore cleaner for 1-2 minutes, wipe clean with cotton patches and clear flash hole with CVA breech plug cleaners (they’re abrasive pipe cleaners)

 

[Bluefish]

I had to use drill bits to get all the hard buildup out. Amazed how quickly it built up to the point it wouldn’t fire.

 

[rayporter]

a one ounce cup from a nyquill bottle with some solvent in it. i let it soak a while [ while i clean the barrel] then use a drill in the channel.

 

[BCD]

I had to use drill bits to get all the hard buildup out. Amazed how quickly it built up to the point it wouldn’t fire.

1/8 inch drill bit? Are you just holding the non-business end of the bit in your hand and slowly turning it manually? Thank You!

 

[BCD]

a one ounce cup from a nyquill bottle with some solvent in it. i let it soak a while [ while i clean the barrel] then use a drill in the channel.

1/8 inch drill bit? Are you just holding the non-business end of the bit in your hand and slowly turning it manually? Thank You!

 

[rayporter]

correct
just holding a 1/8 bit in my fingers. then i will use a patch on something to get the solvent out of the channel. and then blow out the flash hole with air.

a little anti seize and put it back together.

 

[Bluefish]

1/8 inch drill bit? Are you just holding the non-business end of the bit in your hand and slowly turning it manually? Thank You!

Yes, a bit smaller than the hole. I have a full index with wire sizes, so just pick one that’s smaller so I can’t cut metal. Hold by hand and get the gunk out. Don’t forget the flash hole.

 

[FrontierGander]

1/8" drill bit then scrub with warm soapy water.

 

[Kurts86]

I use a drill bit in a pin vise (screw driver handle with a drill chuck) for the primer pocket and then clean the channel out with a torch tip cleaner (tiny round file).

This details it quite well.

https://hodgdonpowderco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Breach_Plug_Cleaning.pdf

 

[BCD]

I use a drill bit in a pin vise (screw driver handle with a drill chuck) for the primer pocket and then clean the channel out with a torch tip cleaner (tiny round file).

This details it quite well.

https://hodgdonpowderco.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Breach_Plug_Cleaning.pdf

Thank You!

 

[BRTreedogs]

Brake cleaner.

 

[SteepNdeep]

Soak in solvent, while I clean the barrel. Use a drill bit and patch for inside, torch tip pin for flash hole. Scrub threads with brush.

Cleans up pretty easy.

 

[lazydrifter]

Anyone use an ultrasonic cleaner?