removeable breech plug

[Rifleman1776]

I read that the gun Marshal Hooker got that was Daniel Boone"s had a breech-plug that you could screw out by hand. In the book Born out of Season. Dilly

I knew Marshal and have held the rifle in question. It looked pretty conventional. But the breech plug may have been loose. I dunno. :idunno: That 'feature' was never a subject of conversation. Lotsa stories about that rifle. I hope the various mysteries are never solved. Too much fun to cuss and discuss about.

 

[Va.Manuf.06]

If it was loose enough to be unscrewed with the fingers it would be easily seen; the stock would have been burned black by escaping gas at the breach. Hard to tell about Daniel Boone's face but the same could likely have been said for it - a little singed. :wink:

 

[Bon Sauvage]

Its actually far easier to clean a ML than getting copper fouling out of a modern CF barrel.

Amen brother

 

[Rifleman1776]

If it was loose enough to be unscrewed with the fingers it would be easily seen; the stock would have been burned black by escaping gas at the breach. Hard to tell about Daniel Boone's face but the same could likely have been said for it - a little singed. :wink:

Agree. Methinks the story is just that...a story.