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Offline P.A. Myers

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Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« on: October 25, 2011, 01:53:33 AM »
I did some shootin Friday. I shot several power belt bullets, and the barrel got extremely fouled. Of course when I went to clean it I found burnt plastic. I soaked it with lacquer thinner and then used the bronze brush. It came clean.
 
Are power-belt bullets just for in-lines? No more plastic for me. No power-belts  and no sabots. Minies work just fine.
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 06:33:48 AM »
i never had a problem with burnt plastic using sabots in my in line
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2011, 09:00:34 AM »
what kind of powder and load
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2011, 11:03:30 AM »
i shoot thousands of powerbelts each year and never once have i ever found signs of plastic residue.
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 06:55:49 PM »
54 New Englander. 90 grains of 777 pushing 500 grain conical. I think I shot a similar bullet in a 50 awhile ago and I don't recall any problem. Odd
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 08:04:08 PM »
Quote from: P.A. Myers on October 25, 2011, 06:55:49 PM
54 New Englander. 90 grains of 777 pushing 500 grain conical. I think I shot a similar bullet in a 50 awhile ago and I don't recall any problem. Odd
i  think that's a really stiff charge of 777. try backing it off to 80grains see how that works. that are put a card board wad under the bullet
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 08:09:54 PM »
sounds to me its just lead build up flaking off.
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2011, 04:39:31 AM »
Look down range for the power belt sabot and check it out.
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2011, 05:17:56 AM »
Quote from: DANNY-L on October 26, 2011, 04:39:31 AM
Look down range for the power belt sabot and check it out.
you know that's the best post look at the sabot i wish i would have thought of that first
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2011, 08:52:51 AM »
I know that acetone will take plastic wad fouling out of a shotgun barrel very easily.  I use it and it works great.  If you do have plastic fouling, you may want to give it a try.  I would keep it away from any wood or plastic though.
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Re: Removing plastic
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2011, 03:09:57 AM »
Lacquer thinner and acetone are pretty much the same thing. I should mention at one point it  ejected some burning black stuff.  I wonder if it could be the lube I used on the minis. I was trying some synthetic grease or spray-on teflon. In the past I have recovered 50 cal power-belts, they appeared to be normal, not melted. I will look for some of the 54 belts, if they are not melted it would point to the mini lube.
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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2011, 09:46:48 AM »
I found some of the 54 powerbelts, they look normal. It looks like the problem is the grease I had on the minnie balls. I'll rinse them off and use something else. Thats good, I like the powerbelts.

I wonder why this thread was moved? I have eleven ML rifles, none are in-lines. Oh well.
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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2011, 11:35:28 AM »
Quote from: P.A. Myers on October 30, 2011, 09:46:48 AM
I found some of the 54 powerbelts, they look normal. It looks like the problem is the grease I had on the minnie balls. I'll rinse them off and use something else. Thats good, I like the powerbelts.

I wonder why this thread was moved? I have eleven ML rifles, none are in-lines. Oh well.

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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2011, 01:07:09 AM »
Confirmed! The junk in the barrel was the grease I used on the minnie bullets. Good! I like the big powerbelts.
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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2011, 05:24:18 AM »
Quote from: P.A. Myers on October 30, 2011, 09:46:48 AM
I wonder why this thread was moved? I have eleven ML rifles, none are in-lines. Oh well.

Read the sticky in the Traditional Forum.

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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2012, 06:12:44 AM »
Whenever I want to check my sabot or wad performance I just go to the range after a fresh snow. Finding all the pieces is a piece of cake.
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Re: Removing plastic from a 54 New Englander
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2012, 12:32:16 AM »
No snow yet.
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