Pittsburghunter

If he cleaned the rifle real well but could not get the plug out the barrel is prbably ok. Think about it you never remove the breech from your sidelocks do you? So I believe in general was the gun abused and NOT cleaned at all? If so do not remove the plug don't waist anyones time and buy a new barrel.

If it has been well taken care of with patients you should get it out and then check everything out.

Hodgdons newest basic muzzleloading manual states that if you get a stuck breech plug while using T7 or Pyrodex "Simply pour water into the barrel and let set for 15 minutes. Pyrodex and T7 are water soluble, so after soaking, the plug then removes with little effort."

I just read this last night and will try this on my hard to remove plug guns.

Another question I have though is this a percussion gun or .209 primer gun? If percussion your problem may be more on the primmer side with the residue of the primmers blocking the removal of the plug. Just a thought.

bpbullets

This has been beat to death, but for what it is worth in the future. There is a product that I use to unstick my breech plugs and it works very well. Black Powder Cleaner #1.