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Mike in cranberry

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Type III cleaner question
« on: January 03, 2021, 11:07:12 PM »
This cleaner has some type of material, not paper, between the disc and the bullet. Has anyone ever encountered anything similar?

emike123

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Re: Type III cleaner question
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2021, 11:34:17 AM »
Yes. It is a slotted zinc disc that was between the bullet body and bottom disc.  Usually it corrodes away which is why you don't see it often.

Mike in cranberry

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Re: Type III cleaner question
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2021, 01:21:05 PM »
Thanks for clarifying that. I've found close to a hundred cleaners over the years and never encountered this.