Cleaning black powder fire arms!

[pietro]

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FWIW, in 1985 I bought a (then) new T/C .45 Cherokee.

The first thing I did with it was heat the bbl a bit in my household oven, then treat the bore with BoreButter (I know, I know - save it).

Every year, from then to last, I always fired it to check zero before the start of my state's muzzleloading deer season, then fired it again (almost every year) at a deer.

After EVERY day's use (if the rifle was fired), I would flush out the bore/patent breech/nipple with MooseMilk (T/C #13 Bore Cleaner) and a few patches on the ramrod; followed by several dry patches (until the dry patches came out a light gray).

One pass of a BoreButtered patch after the cleaning, and the Cherokee was good to go.

After 29 years and zero rust/corrosion, with the rifle retaining the same accuracy as when it was new, I think it's good enough for me.

K.I.S.S. - if it ain't broke, I don't "fix" it (my cleaning method).

If YMMV, good - after all, they're your guns.


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[John Boy]

Fly ... take off the nitrile gloves before you open the French Doors! Most folks take off their muddy boots before they go into the house also!

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[johnson1942]

pietro, cant get any better than that, if you ever want to sell that pristine gun, let me know.

[pietro]

Fly ... take off the nitrile gloves before you open the French Doors! Most folks take off their muddy boots before they go into the house also!

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[Fly]

Fly ... take off the nitrile gloves before you open the French Doors! Most folks take off their muddy boots before they go into the house also!

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Who knows???? I must have pissed him off in the past.Sorry if I hurt your feeling.

Fly

[SSGOldfart]

As a range cleaning wiping soulution I have been using windex with vinegar or windex multi surface cleaner. You havent got hammered by your wife until you get caught running the ruger old armies through the dishwasher LOL

yep kinda what I was thinking Humm never know it might just work

[dondiego]

Who knows???? I must have pissed him off in the past.Sorry if I hurt your feeling.

Fly

I think that John was saying that if you use nitrile gloves you wouldn't mess up the door and the wife would stop yelling at you.

[Boogieman]

I use 2 easy to make products to clean & protect my ML's. the cleaner is 1 part oil soap, 1 part NAPA water soluble cutting oil & 8 parts water. It cleans good & works as a patch lub. on the range't. For rust protection & a patch lub. for hunting I mix bee's wax & olive oil 50/50 to start & add more oil as needed. It works like Bore Butter but it's cheaper & doesn't smell.

[Lunarphase]

I boil up a pot full of water in my cast iron pot, add Dawn Soap ( because they save oily ducks, otters and pelicans : ) let it cool a bit then put the barrel in it and run a waded jag through it a buncha' times, then turn the barrel upside down, let it drain and dry. Usually bone dry in minutes cuz of the heat. Then run a patch of bore butter down it.
I'll try some Windex next time to see what else comes out.

[Beagle333]

I have been using Windex to clean my ML revolvers since 1990. 'Great stuff.

[XinTX]

Maybe it's just me, or the particularly dry area I live in. When I am done at the range I spray the bore with a coat of Ballistol. Once home just plain old hot water and the bore is clean. After the bore is clean I swab it with a patch lubed with a natural grease such as pork fat.

Don't have the Ballistol. So I just do the same thing. Hot water with a little bit of soap.

[doc1876]

I have tried the Windex, and have not been happy with it. I am of the hot water and Dawn method, and real grease afterwords. them guns have been laying around for over 150 years, and still show up in good condition, and that is all they had. (soap I mean, I know they did not have Dawn)

[Fly]

Doc when I started the tread I said housewhole ammonia.But windex "WITH" ammonia is better than just plain windex.
All I,m saying guys is try it if you have not.I still hot soap & water, but I think you will find you did not get it all if
you follow up with housewhole ammonia.

Fly