That's how I do it.Hold a nipple up to the light and look at the size of the flash hole. So a drilled out nipple would surely allow a greater flow of water. A thought, some zerk fittings are the same thread as some nipples. If one went that route a grease fitting could be modified to accept a water tube. For my self in my black powder hunting days I simple removed the stock and nipple, submerged the breech in a bucket of hot water and used a tight fitting patch at the muzzle to create a pumping action.
Meaning, your going to install the larger hole nipple every time to clean, then put back the smaller original before firing? I just remove my flint lock flash hole to clean.Friend suggested that I get a spare nipple and drill it out for cleaning. It would allow for more water to be pumped into/out of the barrel during cleaning.
The only reason to do this is if you don't want to remove the barrel from the stock....otherwise just remove the barrel and take the nipple out.Should have mentioned that he puts a tube over the bored out nipple and the larger hole allows for more water passage.
Should have mentioned that he puts a tube over the bored out nipple and the larger hole allows for more water passage.
The late Gary Brumfield told me that he treated all the wood and the metal with beeswax; inside and out. If he got lazy, he'd put his rifle in the stream to clean it out and come back the next day to retrieve it.
wughett said:Bees wax has a high melting point, around 150F I think