butches black powder bore shine works great on the 777 crud ring
patch a bore brush with it
push it thru from the breech
reverse the patch repeat
then repeat process with another fresh wet patch pass
then dry patch the bore x2
cleans the breech plug
dissolves the residue quick
drill bit out the channel crud
pick out the flash hole with a paper clip
pipe cleaner and q tip it dry
I was extremely anal when I used bh 209
cleaning breech plug
drilled it out to .033-.035
stuff just would not go boom at times
was even considering sending away breech plug to get a recessed savage vent liner installed in it per advice from on here
im going back to 7772f and also try pryodex select rifle grade
gotta have confidence again that the rifle will go boom
not chik-boom
not chik-kaboom
I actually think a lot of the hangfires was due to cold weather in the teens and 20,s
but I also experienced misfires in warm weather
the breech plug on the Kodiak and optima (I said omega yesterday big difference, my bag)are pellet plugs with a flat face and more than likely having a recessed savage vent liner installed in a Kodiak /optima breech plug would solve the hangfire problem but I just don't want to fugg with it anymore
I lost confidence in it
and confidence is very important
I was weighing charges of bh209
cleaning meticously
jumped on the 209 band wagon from day1 with the Kodiak
was shooting fed209m primers with it also to try and cure the hangfire issue
still got hang fires even a few when just the primer went went pop and not ignite the bh209 at all
it is the breech plug design mostly and I think cold weather has a effect on it also
bh209 is good powder for guns it works in
but it just aint for me anymore
just boom is what I need to get back too
fords and chevys
blondes and brunettes
