breech and bolster cleaning question

[kugs91]

I have a traditions kentucky percussion. When I clean I use the hot water method. I want to prevent rust in the breech and bolster area, but when I use oil in that area I always have missfire issues. What methods do you guys use?

 

[BrownBear]

I use Eezox for storage, then just pour a little alcohol down the bore and swab before shooting. Never an issue.

 

[Semisane]

I make sure the entire bore including the breech/bolster has a light coat of oil when I clean the gun after a shoot. Before loading it for the next shoot I run a very wet 91% Isopropyl alcohol patch down the bore and pump vigorously so that an alcohol mist blows out of the nipple. I follow that with a dry patch, also pumped vigorously. Seems to work. I never have misfire issues.

 

[Bill Hall]

Another vote for the alcohol clean-out before shooting. If it's a hooked breech, I will remove the barrel and nipple, then pour a little alcohol down the barrel, then I pump the bore with a cleaning patch to blow the alcohol out of the flash channel, then keep pumping to dry everything out. When I put the barrel and nipple back on, I pop a cap just to make sure. With a non-hooked breech, almost the same technique, except I put a patch over the nipple hole and let the hammer down to hold it in place. This keeps the alcohol from blowing all over the gun.

Or, you can remove the barrel and give it a quick clean with soapy water, pumping it through the flash channel, then dry noramally with patches, then hold the breech area over a heat source to evaporate any moisture still trapped in the breech. Again, pop a cap or two to make sure you got all the moisture. Bill

 

[ebiggs1]

Are you certain you are getting it clean in the first place? Make sure and use a bore light to look and see. Possibly a small amount of fouling is still present.

 

[SgtSchutzen]

I have a percussion CVA Kentucky (same gun, different make). I don`t have any problems with ignition. The thing with these guns is that they have a powder chamber in the breech that is smaller in diameter than the bore. A regular cleaning jag won`t let you get a patch in there to clean or dry it.
I use a patch wrapped around a .22cal bore brush to clean and dry the breech. Run it to the bottom and twist it around. The patch will stick to the brush so you can get it back out. To get in the bolster remove the nipple and use a pipe cleaner to clean the flash channel. Before I load I use alcohol to remove the oil in the bore and breech. Use the same bore brush method to get a damp alcohol patch into the breech, that will get rid of any oil that has settled down there.

 

[kugs91]

ok thanks guys

 

[Rifleman1776]

A time tested procedure is to stand the rifle muzzle down overnight before you plan to use it. Swab with a dry patch before first loading. You should not have a problem.

 

[Mike 56]

Sgt is right i have two of these rifles. I also clean the flash channel thought the clean out on the drum using a pipe cleaner. When i am done cleaning i spray some W-D 40 in the clean out. Store rifle muzzle down.