Well, if I felt my breech plug face might need cleaning, I alwaus screwed a breech plug scraper on my wiping stick. This would have been on simple flint style breech plugs. Generally speaking I never found them to be that dirty That is if properly maintained.
Postscript,
I clean with tow and tow worm. I find them thorough.
May not be best way for everyone.
Last edited by kaywoodie; 09/24/16.
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