Well boys, I finally did it. While shooting my good old Potsdam (bare ball, no patch)and brushing out the fouling I broke off the bore brush all the way down the barrel. After saying a few words that I don't allow in my classroom, I started thinking/worrying about the prospect of removing the breach plug and such. Since it was Sunday and I wanted to shoot somemore I came up with a trick to get the brush out. I had some hard, stainless wire about 1/8 in. dia and bent a kind of backwards jag with a single prong. I pushed it down and tried to get it beside the brush. Then I started turning and pulled it out on the second try. Well I was as happy as a pig in ...... so I thought I would take some pictures and see if it may help someone else out there. I shoot on line with the N-SSA and you should hear some of the interesting verbage that gets used when this happens. I would like to post some pictures but right now I can't figure it out. Any ideas?
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Stuck bore brush relief
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Bert: The next time you are brushing the bore, Turn the brush as you push it down the barrel, rather than just pushing it down straight. This will force you to take your time, and push the rod down in segments, rather than demonstrate your manliness by pushing it down with one stroke. We all know how manly you are and, trust me, You really have nothing to prove anymore to anyone. You're the man!
If you rotate the brush, it will break off the crud going all the way down, and it will allow you to Turn the brush clockwise so that its threaded portion remains on the end of your rod. It will also keep the two wires that form the brush in their mounts where they screw into the neck that is threaded to fit your rod. In a rifle, this works out well, also, since most rifling has a RH twist.
Congratulations on getting the brush out, and thank you for passing the idea on here.
If you rotate the brush, it will break off the crud going all the way down, and it will allow you to Turn the brush clockwise so that its threaded portion remains on the end of your rod. It will also keep the two wires that form the brush in their mounts where they screw into the neck that is threaded to fit your rod. In a rifle, this works out well, also, since most rifling has a RH twist.
Congratulations on getting the brush out, and thank you for passing the idea on here.
Haha, I too leanred the hard way to 'turn' the brush on the way down, and more importantly, while you are trying to reverse the direction of the brush. I did break a brush and the brass ramrod end off of a 'cheap' raman wood rod before I made my range rods of brass or aluminum (which wears a bore protector).
I just trickled some 3F into the bore via the touch hole, about 15-20grs I'd guess, and shot it into the snow bank. Popped right out (yes, I did make sure she was seated all the way) and I salavaged the brush.
I just trickled some 3F into the bore via the touch hole, about 15-20grs I'd guess, and shot it into the snow bank. Popped right out (yes, I did make sure she was seated all the way) and I salavaged the brush.
I once stripped the threads out of a 1911 .45 cal. pistol cleaning rod while using a copper wire brush. I was cleaning a .45 cal. muzzleloader rifled pistol at the time. Even the USMC can't anticipate what abuse their equipment will be subjected to.
Ron
Ron
