How Clean is Clean, Muzzleloaders
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Mallardsx2
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Clean, brush, clean brush, clean, brush, clean brush, clean, until the rags come out spotless.
Then I swab the barrel with a rust preventative.
Before I hunt, I clean, brush, clean, then load. This gets all of the oils out of the way of the powder so they don't stick to the bore when I dump them down the breech.
Then I swab the barrel with a rust preventative.
Before I hunt, I clean, brush, clean, then load. This gets all of the oils out of the way of the powder so they don't stick to the bore when I dump them down the breech.
BrentD
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Yup, once when I forgot my dihydrogenoxide. Works fine, but kind of expensive.
BrentD
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Not that I know of. You could probably slip a hose up the rear, or pull the plug and put the muzzle in the bucket and wipe from the breech. I don't know how faux blackpowder responds to high-tech solvents like what I use.
Keep in mind, I have never so much as touched a gun like yours, lest my trigger finger becomes instantly necrotic and falls off and my guns would stop talking to me. I'd be really lonely then.
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LuketheDog
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You freakin cheater, you should be ashamed of yourself, at least use loose powder and open sights like I have to!
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Commie, the nitrofire hurls freedom you shut your mouth
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Bullshot
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If you keep getting blue and black after brushing a clean barrel, I’d tend to believe you are just cleaning and recleaning brass residue from the brush itself.
utah400elk
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Sorry to disappoint. I use brake cleaner. I am not even sure how auto correct got breast cleaner? At least is was a laugh. Just a quick PSA…I would not recommend brake cleaner for breasts.
David58
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Windshield washer fluid, the kind with methyl alcohol as the antifreeze additive, is very effective. I just use Windex, since I keep a bottle in my car to clean my windows from dog noseprints. If you clean it soon after firing it, the cleaning process is quick and effective using either cleaner.
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David58
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I'm glad I can tell my muzzle from my bum.
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You don't even understand the difference between a muzzle & a breech. I bet you eat tide pods and are on the tik toks and what not.
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David58
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Don't understand how these suppository guns can get pawned off as muzzle loaders. I did touch one of them guns once, took lots of Grampa's corn juice and then some of Gramma's salve recipe on my hands and lots of prayer to prevent gangrene....
I can say, though, that I have never had to ask forgiveness for shooting anything other than Holy Black and round balls out of my smokepoles.
And I don't buy them truck stop pocketknives, either.
David
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I can say, though, that I have never had to ask forgiveness for shooting anything other than Holy Black and round balls out of my smokepoles.
And I don't buy them truck stop pocketknives, either.
David
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shannerdrake
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I think you are on to something with the old build up theory. Have you ever scoped it to check for pitting? I inherited an in-line that sat uncleaned in a garage for years. The rust was unbelievable. I would scrub and scrub then get clean patches and if I brushed it would start all over again.How clean does everyone get their gun after the season is over and what is your preferred method.
I spent about 90min this weekend cleaning mine and it's definitely not 100% but I'm also not sure if it matters? Black Night, inline.
I'm using blackhorn 209, it's a old muzzy that was used for a couple decades with pryodex and lent out to a number of people who knows how well it had been cleaned before I got it.
I've been using the Blackhorn 209 solvent. I start out alternating wet patches and the brush for a bit then do a couple of wet patches, then the brush.
Eventually I get to the point where I run the brush then the first wet patch has a bit of black at the top then is mostly "blue", then the second is totally clean... but as soon as I hit it with the brush the same.
I'm wondering if I'm just dealing with old powder built up in the chamber/threads of the nipple and then mostly just 20+ years of copper in barrel?
End of the day it's a sub 100 yard gun, but I don't want to pit out the barrel
I finally plugged one end of the barrel then filled it up with Kroil oil and left it for a week. Then I went to work with a tight fitting brush and JB’s compound (soft lapping compound). After an hour or so and wearing out two brushes in the process I couldn’t get a dirty patch.
That being said, you answered your own question. It’s a sub MOA gun. You are doing something right and I wouldn’t be worried about the old build up. BH 209 takes nothing to clean. I don’t see how you aren’t sufficiently clean to avoid damage after 5-10min.
