Hard residue
"Are you sure its not just old hardened black powder residue?? Try scrubbing with boiling water. "
Could well be rock-hard BP residue. About a century old!
I'll give hot water a try. But since I can't remove the barrel from the stock, I need to make an effective plug for the touch hole.
BTW, everything is glued together with what appears to be a kind of pitch. Has anyone got a clue as to what the Afghans actually used? Pine pitch?
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