Kibler Breach Plug

[Codger Craig Wilcox]

I'm with Flinter Nick and always put anti-seize on plug threads.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I would shoot it out....
It will be removed in 5 minutes or less:

 

[Uncle Miltie]

not when you use the PROPER tools. a large vise and a pipe wrench are not the proper tools.

Even with proper tools there will be marks.

 

[wiscoaster]

“You might need a hammer”

Sorry, I meant a mallet.

 

[wiscoaster]

.....

Lastly… YOU obviously can’t unbreech a barrel .....

..... I’ve unbreeched. 250 old guns

I've never had need to do it, so never having done it, I think I can relate better to someone else who's also never done it; relate better than someone who's done it 250 times.

 

[Flintandsteel]

Breach plugs are made to be removable. Hence the threads. I’ve done it hundreds of times, with zero damage to either the barrel or plug.
This is NOT rocket science, just simple mechanics.
If it scares you, find someone competent to do it for you.
OR, just shoot it out.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Why not? Removing a breech plug is rather simple.

Piece of chocolate cake. The main issue is the right clamping vice, and correct wrench. Doing a MacGyver style will get you in trouble every time.
Larry

 

[FlinterNick]

I've never had need to do it, so never having done it, I think I can relate better to someone else who's also never done it; relate better than someone who's done it 250 times.

That was a typo. 250 year old guns not 250 guns

 

[Nav]

I didn't dry ball my Kibler .32 but I was trying to see how little powder I could shoot with and I swabbed the bore with a wet patch, forgot to run a dry patch down and loaded @10 gr 3f - must have been too wet as I could not get it to ignite. Didn't have a .32 ball puller so I put a screw down without a proper sized collar to keep it centered and proceeded to tear off one side of the ball. Took it home and pulled the breech plug. I have a wrench set from Rice that includes a set of aluminum vise blocks and a tapered wrench - the plug came right out, I pushed the remaining chucnk of lead out the back along with a goopy mess of wet powder, put it back in and it's been fine since! As @olskool stated above, just be certain to align the witness marks. (I also bought proper .32 ball puller with the collar)

I can send you the wrench set to use if you will ship it back when you are finished.

I tried about five times getting some 4F in there. I have thought about maybe some ether/starting fluid...

I have a big vice, but as was said, it is tapered and I haven't found a wrench that really fits well enough to put force on it.

That's very kind of you. I may take you up on it after messing with it a little more.

 

[FlinterNick]

I tried about five times getting some 4F in there. I have thought about maybe some ether/starting fluid...

I have a big vice, but as was said, it is tapered and I haven't found a wrench that really fits well enough to put force on it.

That's very kind of you. I may take you up on it after messing with it a little more.

This is all you need.

 

[2 shots]

i recently got a cva pa.rifle with a blockage 4 inches down the bore. got out my track s/s rod and one of their collared very pointy pullers and got it screwed into the ball in the barrel. after some lube and a lot of tugging it started to move, i was very surprised to find 1/2 of one of those cheap non collared pullers already stuck in the ball luckily to one side..

 

[Nav]

It's not goofy threaded is it? righty tighty, lefty loosey?

 

[French Colonial]

The only time I have needed to "get something out of there" was when I have dry balled which I admit is most usually when I am visiting at the loading bench instead of paying attention to what I am doing. I have never got a brush stuck or the other unique things some have done.

We don't have a vise at the range I shoot at but we do have a piece of angle iron mounted in the rafters with a slot in it that you can hook your range rod in to if you need to pull a dry ball.

I usually just shoot it out because I am not leaving to drive home to find a vise when I still have shooting to do, I did buy one of those CO2 things about two years ago but have not had a chance to use it yet.

 

[Kansas Kid]

It's not goofy threaded is it? righty tighty, lefty loosey?

Correct, right hand thread.