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I'll have to try the tape next time as the grease collects crud. I've got some pretty yellow stuff that's gas-rated.

I use just a touch of STP Oil Treatment on the plug and run it around the threads with my finger.

Seems to work well so far.

Dan

Pappy, the yellow tape is the thicker of the three most common colors. White is thinnest. Your plug might be too tight using the yellow, otherwise it should be fine.



Mike Peterson improved upon my method slightly when he discovered that overlapping the powder end of the plug a bit, then folding the excess neatly over the "lip" of the plug would provide better sealing with many plugs. I'll "borrow" Mike's picture which might better show his idea...

+1 gorrila grease

Got lotsa white too. Thanks.

i've never had any problems getting my breechplugs out. i don't use anything on them.

You must be one of those crazy guys that cleans your guns. What a wild idea!

I use silicone grease on mine but I clean it everyday that I shoot it and leave the breech plug out when stored.

yes i do clean them often,killed a doe yesterday with my 45cal.hunted this morning for the last time with my ml'ers so i cleaned them all about 3 hours ago.

2 of my guns have speed breech.they come out by hand.

A short list of things that I wished I knew 35 years ago, when I started hunting with a muzzleloader.

1. teflon tape on the breechplug....no grease
2. using "P" pyrodex instead of "R/S" pryodex
3. hot shot nipples
4. RWS #11 caps
5. fouling just the chamber of the gun, using a patch on the ramrod, set to the seating depth, and firing a few caps.
6. XS ghost ring peep sights
7. Swabbing with a windex soaked patch, before leaving the range, to make final cleanup easier at the house.

Now, I've become accustomed to boring accuracy and instant ignitions....no matter the weather conditions, including wet or subzero temps, here in Idaho.

Most of this I've gleaned off muzzleloader forums, over the past 5 or 6 years....paying CLOSE attention to ANYTHING written by "IDAHORON" or "Doc White". Proving you are never too old learn something(s) new!

Andy3

You'd be crazy not to use anti-seize, or something similar on anything with threads that comes into contact with the powder charge on any muzzleloader...just my opinion.

To not do so is like marrying a stripper just to see what happens.

As much as I love strippers, sir you are right. LOL

Thank you for sharing. The drying the chamber I would have never thought of. I have an inline that is made to use musket caps I can not find a #11 nipple replacement and not sure one exists. In your experience is the musket cap a deal breaker and I should get a different gun.

Musket caps are fine IF you can find something other than CCI "For Reenactment Use" marked caps. RWS are good. What inline do you have? Good chance folks here could help locate a #11 nipple for you.

I have a, Traditions Strike Fire. I have a couple tins of RWS caps. Never even thought about it being difficult to change to #11 when I bought it.

If you already have RWS caps you're golden. There's no advantage to going to #11s unless you can't find good (RWS) musket caps.

I use car washer fluid with a few drops of dish washing solution. It does not freeze and it seems to work wonders with cleaning up.

Not only have I found that RWS #11 caps have the most fire, they are pretty much waterproof. I dropped 3 of them in a cup of water the evening before going to the range. After soaking for 14 hours, 2 of the 3 went off.
Andy3

I use White's Blue Grease on all my Breech Plugs

That is a classic.