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touch hole liner
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As witnessed recently, the way to tell if it needs replaced is if half your charge comes spewing out the liner hole.
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I remove mine every 3 shoots or so. Maybe more. But as far as I understand, it isn't necessary to remove it.
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I remove mine every 3 shoots or so. Maybe more. But as far as I understand, it isn't necessary to remove it.
sleeperNY
40 Cal.
I've been shooting flintlocks for many years. (1977 on) and have never removed one to clean. I have not had problems with them going off if I have a good flint. I have only had to replace one because I made it out of a steel setscrew. I changed to stainless steel and even my 20 year old flintlock still has the original home made ss setscrew liner in it and I don't think it looses any of the main charge, it still hits the witness mark I have on the ramrod. I use to shoot with the New York State flint team so my old rifle has seen a lot of shooting.
Jim
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cowpoke1955
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I never have removed it for cleaning. One of my flinters I've been shooting about 20 years and it hasn't hurt it yet :thumbsup:
chipper c said:How many flintlock shooter's remove the touch hole liner each time you clean your flintlock, and what are the signs that it may need replacement?Thank You for your info.
Not a necessary or reccomended procedure. You can't remove a liner on a rifle that doesn't have one. A liner is a semi-permanent part of the rifle.
I do not remove the touch hole liner when I clean my flintlocks.
The vent hole is large enough to work nicely when I use the 'breach in the bucket of water and pump' method of cleaning so I have found no good reason for removing it.
I do remove the nipple on a percussion gun when I clean that though.
The nipples very small .028-.030 diameter hole in a nipple won't flow enough water to allow the water to flow rapidly thru the barrel/breech when using my cleaning method.
The vent hole is large enough to work nicely when I use the 'breach in the bucket of water and pump' method of cleaning so I have found no good reason for removing it.
I do remove the nipple on a percussion gun when I clean that though.
The nipples very small .028-.030 diameter hole in a nipple won't flow enough water to allow the water to flow rapidly thru the barrel/breech when using my cleaning method.
Using a good water-displacing lubricant such as WD-40 in the cleaning process will eliminate that concern.chipper c said:I clean my flintlock with water and I am concerned that the barrel side of the threads can rust the touch hole threads fast making it hard for the touch hole to eventuality be replaced with a new one!
To avoid any chance of water remaining in the breech threads, after cleaning it I put the breech area of the barrel over the gas burner on my kitchen stove.
Heating it just until I can hear the sizzles of whatever water is still inside I then spray a liberal dose of Barricade down the barrel.
A few wipes with a clean patch distributes the Barricade thruout the length of the bore.
I must point out that I always remove my guns barrel before cleaning it so this heating step doesn't set the stock on fire. :grin:
For those that don't want to heat their barrels, WD40 which was mentioned by others was originally designed to remove water from small areas. That's what the WD stands for: Water Displacement.
It goes into small areas and pushes the water out of them.
Although WD40 by itself isn't much of a rust preventative, it does remove the water very well.
Heating it just until I can hear the sizzles of whatever water is still inside I then spray a liberal dose of Barricade down the barrel.
A few wipes with a clean patch distributes the Barricade thruout the length of the bore.
I must point out that I always remove my guns barrel before cleaning it so this heating step doesn't set the stock on fire. :grin:
For those that don't want to heat their barrels, WD40 which was mentioned by others was originally designed to remove water from small areas. That's what the WD stands for: Water Displacement.
It goes into small areas and pushes the water out of them.
Although WD40 by itself isn't much of a rust preventative, it does remove the water very well.
hanshi
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I use an old hair dryer on lock and barrel.
ohio ramrod
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I check the diameter with a "plug " gauge and if isn't burned oversize I don't mess with it! :hmm:
Billnpatti
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You do not need to remove your touch hole liner in order to properly clean your flintlock. :nono: The only time you need to remove your touch hole liner is if the hole becomes too large. Under normal use, this will take a long time. I have been shooting for many years and have never had to replace a touch hole liner because the hole had become too large.
