So had somone bring one over for me to try and fix.... well after a bore scope and watching him beat it open I told him the barrel is scrap metal the plug is probably welded in by rust the whole thing needs a new barrel , it's missing the front and rear sight no scope base .... Told him I might work on it as a personal project probably just hang it up int the wall maybe...mabye... but I doubt it would be worth more than $50 in its current condition. Maybe more if he parted it out . The receiver was still good but other then that ....Asked me what Id give him and told him honestly $20 .....well $20 and a few scowls from the wife later he was happy because apparently he only paid $30 for it off the last guy so guess I got something to do with all this muzzleloader stuff a friend gave me

Pound it in the ground and tie your dog to it 😁

You get what you pay for

What caliber? I have a bunch of 50 cal Great Plains bullets I was thinking of putting in the trap shed.

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Once you get that plug out, you could have yourself a $100 gun? It’ll take some time and good soaking, but new sites and cleaned up good, you should get more that your $20 back…lol

If you can get it cleaned up it'd be a fun experiment to see how accurate it is still

If you could heat it up and break it free, I would order a new breech plug. Clean the threads and put some breech plug grease in it and it will be like a new one.

Might have a decent shooter. Never know.

I think you overpaid.

Since we went to strait wall season you can't even give one away. Even in good condition.

Tip it up while open, soak the plug area with a standing pool of WD-40 or other lube, and let it stand over night. With a PROPER breech plug wrench, you will probably get the plug out. Then run many patches of Hoppes #9 through the barrel. After that, if there is obvious corrosion in the barrel, run a couple tight patches of Bore Butter through and finish with dry patches until clean.
Then head to the range. You will find shooting those "modern" muzzle loaders a great deal of fun.
Also, as advised above, a new plug is a good idea, and not expensive. And google the manufacturers website, looking for SAFETY. There are a few very important things to be aware of shooting modern, (in-line), muzzle loaders. They are not plug-and-play.