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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4349525" data-attributes="member: 45785"><p>If a primer (or percussion cap) actually damages the rifle, you have no business shooting the thing anyway. BUT! There are a bunch of things that can plug a small hole. Even a grain of sand, if the hole is small enough. If you have a set of picks, I&#039;d try those first. Harbor Freight has a mini hook and pick set for $1.99, and larger/more expensive set. Try something like that. Or embed a sewing needle in a chunk of dowel, and use that to try to pick the blockage out. HF also has sets of miniature drills. If the pick won&#039;t do the job, try a fractional millimeter drill in a pin chuck. Their micro drill bit set is $3.99. They don&#039;t seem to have a pin chuck these days. Amazon.com has several. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pin+chuck&amp;crid=1RKAG4460ZFIO&amp;sprefix=pin+chuck%2Caps%2C157&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pin+chuck&amp;crid=1RKAG4460ZFIO&amp;sprefix=pin+chuck,aps,157&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss_1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="BillM, post: 4349525, member: 45785"] If a primer (or percussion cap) actually damages the rifle, you have no business shooting the thing anyway. BUT! There are a bunch of things that can plug a small hole. Even a grain of sand, if the hole is small enough. If you have a set of picks, I'd try those first. Harbor Freight has a mini hook and pick set for $1.99, and larger/more expensive set. Try something like that. Or embed a sewing needle in a chunk of dowel, and use that to try to pick the blockage out. HF also has sets of miniature drills. If the pick won't do the job, try a fractional millimeter drill in a pin chuck. Their micro drill bit set is $3.99. They don't seem to have a pin chuck these days. Amazon.com has several. [URL='https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pin+chuck&crid=1RKAG4460ZFIO&sprefix=pin+chuck%2Caps%2C157&ref=nb_sb_noss_1']https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pin+chuck&crid=1RKAG4460ZFIO&sprefix=pin+chuck,aps,157&ref=nb_sb_noss_1[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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