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greymount

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Touch Hole Issue
« on: June 17, 2018, 05:40:10 PM »
While cleaning my gun, I broke off a tooth pick in the touch hole.  What is the best way to get this out?  The gun has a touch hole liner.

Offline ScottH

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2018, 05:44:30 PM »
Carefully drive it into the bore with a small metal punch and let it fall out the muzzle.

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2018, 05:50:01 PM »
Your vent pick should push it right out.  If not , a 1/16" drill bit should do it.
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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2018, 07:50:39 PM »
What Dane said ;D
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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2018, 10:27:02 PM »
I had this happen while I was turkey hunting this year, I pushed the tooth pick as far as I could into the bore with a sharpened green stick. I didn't get a shot at a turkey but when I when I fired the gun to unload it it went off just fine.
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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2018, 03:09:17 PM »
All of the above will work.  I stopped using tooth picks and use small bamboo "skewers". They have proven to be less likely to break and if one does break the fiber tends to hold together and allows it to be pulled out.

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2018, 03:25:21 PM »
A quill works and isn't brittle so won't break off.

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2018, 09:24:57 PM »
It's happened to me more than once; and the vent pick solution always worked like a charm.
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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2018, 09:58:15 PM »
In the future you might shorten your toothpick prior to installation in the hole (I just snap 'em in half) to help keep them from snagging on whatever is going on around...

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2018, 11:33:16 PM »
 what he said, I snap them off so just a little extends beyond the pan to have something to grab to pull it out.

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2018, 04:49:18 AM »
A Touch hole issue ?...Gonna stay away from this topic....

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Re: Touch Hole Issue
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2018, 08:59:07 PM »
In the future you might shorten your toothpick prior to installation in the hole (I just snap 'em in half) to help keep them from snagging on whatever is going on around...

I do the same as Wade and either it helps or I have the hardest toothpicks available since I have never had one leak or break off in the vent hole. I often, during hunting season, leave the gun loaded and put a half toothpick in the vent. I close the pan on the toothpick and place a hammer stall on the frizzen.
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