It's stuck and it won't come out... an 1861 Springfield with a marble in it thread. - Page 2

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Posted: 2/28/2014 5:16:24 PM EDT

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Do not put powder in the breech and try to blow it out!!!!!! There will at a minumum be a permanent bulge in the barrel at that point if it does not tulip at the end!!!!!!!!!!
Pull the breach plug and force it out with a rod if compressed air or grease does not work.

Posted: 2/28/2014 6:29:48 PM EDT

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Ok. So I got tired of trying Air and grease - neither would work. So I put it in my barrel vise and decided it was time to remove the breach plug.

Figured out why the air and grease didn't work...

My wrench - 5ft iron pipe and an adjustable wrench.

And the plug.

It was solid for a few inches - dirt, rust and God knows what else. No wonder the oil and air had nowhere to go.

I was able to dig through it with a pick and file...

I still had to smack the crap out of the marble - luckily it broke up and came out.

I've got some bore cleaning to do... Damn thing looks like an old shit pipe.

Edit - Let the record show those are Lacrosse Alphaburly boots and not camo crocks - and my middle finger is normal length - contrary to the angle of the hand picture.

I know this isn't GD, but I figured I'd start defending myself before the storm rolled in.

Posted: 2/28/2014 6:42:47 PM EDT

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Awesome! It lives!

As for the barrel looking like a sewer pipe: I hear if you shoot a marble through it, it'll clear all of that corrosion right out.

Posted: 2/28/2014 7:04:57 PM EDT

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Edit - Let the record show those are Lacrosse Alphaburly boots and not camo crocks - and my middle finger is normal length - contrary to the angle of the hand picture.

I know this isn't GD, but I figured I'd start defending myself before the storm rolled in.

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Probably a really good idea!
Also, congrats on getting all that shit out, good luck cleaning it!

Posted: 2/28/2014 7:34:14 PM EDT

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Awesome! OP delivers!Finally one of these stories has a happy ending, or an ending at all.

Posted: 2/28/2014 8:52:19 PM EDT

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Still waiting for test fire.

Posted: 2/28/2014 11:45:46 PM EDT

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It's 15 below zero outside and the range is covered in about 7ft of snow.

I wouldn't hold your breath.

Posted: 3/1/2014 1:40:48 PM EDT

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Got the rear sight fitted and installed today.

Now I have to go to work.

Posted: 3/2/2014 9:53:24 AM EDT

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Did the bore clean up ok?

Posted: 3/2/2014 2:16:44 PM EDT

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Not bad. I'm going to keep at it a bit - but it doesn't look so much like a sewer pipe anymore.

I put it back together without snapping a pic - I'll see if I have a light small enough to drop down in there (hopefully that doesn't get stuck..

) and snap a pic or two.

Posted: 3/2/2014 2:21:54 PM EDT

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Marking in front of the trigger guard -

Marking on the forend - Must have belonged to John Delorean.

Probably pretty easy for him to get parts

I used all brass wool - and removed nothing but filth from it.

I used a scotch brite pad on the stock - as someone had it stripped and covered in poly finish - it now has about 10 coats of Formsby's tung oil.

Overall - I'm pretty happy.