I got a 54 caliber TC new englander, and it seems to shoot quite well. I am trying to figure out the best way to clean it. I never felt good about just pumping water through. It's ok for just a casual cleaning, but for 100% reliability I like things spotless. The nipple comes out, but there doesn't appear to be any other way to clean the channel which appears to just run through the breech plug and I assume comes out dead center into the barrel. I also assume the breech plug does not come out, at least not as something I want to regularly clean. I tried fishing a pipe cleaner through, but it didn't seem to do the job. I had thought to try and hang the barrel, and rest the breech end in the ultra sonic cleaner. I have no doubts that would be the cats meow, although I'm looking for something a little more traditional. Any ideas?