sproulman

you know, i never saw what a breech looks like inside my bore on a t/c thompson flintlock.do any of you folks have picture of it.thanks

sabotloader

sproulman

I do not a flinter breech but I have a loose pecussion breech sitting here on the desk do you want some pictures of it?... pretty much the same thing except I have the bolster hanging out the side you have a pan..

Triple Se7en

Bore Lights can be purchased to see inside the bore. A goodlight-adjustableAA flashlight like Mag-Lite -- with angling thelight placement & a certain tilt-of-your-head will allow you to see the breech too.

It takes practice.... about 30 seconds of very difficultpractice.

cayugad

the inside of most of the older Thompson Center Flintlocks is a cone shape. Like an ice cream cone but without the ice cream. The powder actually fills up that cone area and the charge when ignited is funneled upwards and out. Usually just the force of the water from a hot soap and water bath is all that is necessary to clean that cone area because of the force of the water caused by the pumping patches.

Sometimes I take a .22 caliber cleaning brush and put a patch on it, put some solvent on the patch and reach down in there and clean the cone. It is very seldom anything ever comes out on the patch but better safe then sorry.

Instead of my brass shell today that I drop down the barrel and then hit with a pen light, I wadded up a piece of aluminum foil into a tight littleroundball and dropped that down the bore. It really reflects the light real well when hit with a light.

sproulman

roundball with foil,ha.thats great idea.will try that one.

Triple Se7en

I triple-fold a solvent-dipped3" square patch & put it on the end of a brass brush with the nub sticking out on the top part of the brush. When I hit bottom (breech), I turn the ramrod clockwise 4-5 revolutions -- then pullthe patched brushback up.

Sometimes I get a black ring from fouling -- sometimes I don't. When I get the black ring, I do another triple fold patch with solvent.

sproulman

shaped like a ice cream cone, i did not know that.good info onbrush and the foil ball.