Ballpropfschiessen
English translation: ball-wad line cleaning, felt-ball line cleaning
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ball-wad line cleaning, felt-ball line cleaning Explanation: A Propfen is a plug, stopper, or wad (must be dialect; not in any of my dicos). Propfenschiessen appears to be term borrowed from cleaning gun barrels using a wad or patch of leather other material attached to the end of a cleaning rod. Presumably, 'Ballpropfschiessen' means the wad is ball-shaped (perhaps a felt ball in fact), and in this context it's probably sugar lines (pipes) that are being cleaned. refs: Anfägerfragen und Fortgeschrittenes ... Ich schiesse die Propfen durch den Lauf. Zuerst tränke ich einen Propfen mit WD40 und stecke einen Spitzdiabolo dahinter und schiesse das durch den Lauf. ... www.field-target-cloppenburg.de/.../Anfangerfragen_ und_Fortgeschri/anfangerfragen_und_fortgeschri.html Managing The Enfield - Cleaning ... that you have made a tiny little leather wad and also ... bucket of very hot soapy water and the cleaning rod, the ... in the manner of the sporting gun barrel in its ... www.researchpress.co.uk/targets/enfieldm06.htm Cleaning Tools & Accessories ... 200 Shotgun Barrel Cleaning Patches Superior bore-cleaning patches that soak up lots of grime, grit, burned powder, plastic wad residue and cleaning solvent. ... www.shotgunsportsmagazine.com/ products/cleaning_tools.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 31 mins (2004-12-07 12:47:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \'Propfen\' must be a \'variant\' spelling of \'Pfropfen\'. |
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