How to Clean Your Breech Plug 

You would be surprised what happens to some muzzleloaders. I once shot Pyrodex through one and didn’t clean it for the rest of deer season. That plug rusted so bad I never got it out, my gunsmith and another gunsmith couldn’t get it out. I gave it to a friend who was willing to buy a new barrel for it. I went to a Wolf and it’s so easy to break down for cleaning there’s no reason not to clean it

Imagine not taking care of your rifle and then trying to submit a warranty claim when it doesn't function.

When I bought my optima about 10 years ago, the paperwork that came with it said use white hots pellets. DO NOT DO THAT !!! I use 100 grains Jim Shokey's gold, 2sticks. 50 cal. 195 grain power belt green base. 3 inch group at 100 yds all day long. Brush out the bore after 6 rounds, very little residue. White hots, 3 rounds all over the place at 25yds. Brush bore after 3 rounds, enough residue to make another pellet. Put alot of meat in the freezer with this combo.

Thanks for the tip! Are you soaking the breech plug in it?

@@MaxwellBenson80 You can if you want. But ultimately only if necessary. A old toothbrush and some compressed air helps too. Don't forget to add some more anti-seize after you clean the plug.

Simple green is great for cleaning. But make sure you clean it all off it can cause a rust.

Can’t find product myself, I was gonna use my wife jewelry cleaner. Lol

I use a bowl full of hopes9 to soak my breach plug

If the Breech plug is clean, you should be able to see straight through it. After you have finished cleaning it, shoot a primer through the breech plug on an empty barrel. That will flush out any debris that may be left.

@@CVA What is the difference between MR and MR-X?

Me too, cannot clean what you do not have. Time is running out, where are our guns?????

@@Porky186 EXACTLY!!!

I'm sorry your dealing with that @Terry Chapman & @Joseph Benedict. I'm sure you're itching to get your kit set up. Arrival time depends on where you've ordered you muzzleloader from, but we have some .40 Cal Paramount Pro's that should ship out in a week or two. The Accura LRX .45 Cal looks to be about mid to late September before they arrive from the ports.

@@CVA thank you for the update. Its like being a kid all over again, waiting till xmas morning to get your present!!!! Been good as hell and taken it easy on the vodka too santa...lmao.

If you are using Blackhorn 209, yes. If you are using another blackpowder substitute you have to use a water-based solvent.

You can find the part on our shopping site 1:08. We can't link it here because of RU-vid's community guidlines.

@@CVA Thanks. I d not like the Woke at YT or FB

@@CVA ps I see the part but I could use product detail so I can buy these tools at Home Depot or Lowe’s or elsewhere. Thanks. It’s a machine tool not a weapon so hopefully you can help with that. I don’t want to overdrill parts with wrong sized equipment

Please reach out to Customer Service at contact@bpiguns.com or call at 770 449 4687.

It was. CVA made a whole series of vids more than 10 years ago and then updated them again, not to mention vids by others too. Do you live in a humid environment? Which state?

@@cvcoco Pa.

What cleaner are ya using? I've been using the "barrel blaster solvent spray" then just bore butter after. It helps to have some pipe cleaner's as well though, that's honestly what I get the breech plug the most clean with. After I'm done with that I wipe the outside of the metals with bow string wax and left it sitting for a couple months in a case and dont have any issues rust. Just gotta figure out what works for you. I leave a few oxygen absorbers in the case under the foam for good measure.

He just said don't do that don't make the hole bigger inless you want blow back and possibly the gun blow up in your face making your gun a pipe bomb

I imagine the blowback was from the powder when it ignited.

The flash hole they drilled was significantly larger than the original. Probably not so much a problem that they drilled it but rather the size of the resulting hole.

To me it's just plain stupid someone would drail a hole in the breech plug and get a ton of blow back , to me some people just to lazy to clean there guns and muzzleloaders they see rust and try to drail it out and that happens

Grow up

My spur broke also, been using without it for now.

Where are the parts from, Italy or Spain? I think Spain. Either one, covid logistics are the problem, shipping hasnt opened up yet.

If you can get the threads on the broken spur out, a temporary fix would be a 3/4" stainless steel machine screw...they are less than a dollar at the hardware store...just make sure you get a stainless one and add a drop of Locktite so it doesn't fall out.