OMEGA BREECH PLUG

[billyzink]

Tell me how you guys are cleaning your omega breechplugs. Tricks, Tips etc. I am shooting bh 209 and having a little trouble getting mine clean where the powder sits and the flash hole. Thanks in advance for your help :!:

 

[Grouse]

Brake parts cleaner and a piece of Scotch Brite. A couple minutes and i'm done. The break cleaner gets all the grease and heavy stuff off.

 

[younghunter_86]

I usually soak it in hoppes for a little then use a 1/8" drill bit from the primer end down through the flame channel. I also usually take a small bit of steel wool and clean the concave part. Then take an old toothbrush, and scrub any anti-seize off the outside and you should be good to go.

Just saw Grouse replied before me. The brake cleaner works well too!

 

[AJ]

I was doing the standard 1/8" drill bit to clean out the carbon, but I tried a new method on my Knight Disc Elite FPJ plug. I like the CVA foaming bore cleaner for cleaning out Triple Se7en crud. I figured what the heck, give it a whirl. I used a medicatino pill bottle and squirted the stuff inside the breechplug and sealed it up in the bottle. I went back a few hours later and the carbon was able to be wiped away with a rag. The drill bit went in just like it was a new breechplug. I cleaned out with a pipe cleaner and it was super simple.

 

[big6x6]

I was doing the standard 1/8" drill bit to clean out the carbon, but I tried a new method on my Knight Disc Elite FPJ plug. I like the CVA foaming bore cleaner for cleaning out Triple Se7en crud. I figured what the heck, give it a whirl. I used a medicatino pill bottle and squirted the stuff inside the breechplug and sealed it up in the bottle. I went back a few hours later and the carbon was able to be wiped away with a rag. The drill bit went in just like it was a new breechplug. I cleaned out with a pipe cleaner and it was super simple.

Sounds good! I'll try it! I've always used the drill bit alone..

 

[Okie Hog]

The best breech plug cleaner out there is Windex with vinegar.
This is the clear Windex. Put it in a spray bottle and spray it on. Then take a toothbrush and brush off the crud. The vinegar is an
acid that softens and dissolves the crud which is a base. You can sometimes see it fizz as you spray it on. Takes me two minutes to clean a really cruddy breech plug.

About every three range sessions I run a drill into the breech plug by hand to get the harder crud. Otherwise I use a pipe cleaner.

 

[Confederate rifleman]

no drill

I use T/C 13 bore cleaner on a q-tip and pipe cleaner followed by hoppes #9. Never needed to use a drill bit on any plug.