I have been shooting every chance i get the last few weeks, i pick a gun and go with it. This evening i grabbed an old pre warning Renegade, pulled the barrel, Grabbed my little steam cleaner to go through the nipple/snail like i do and make sure to get all of the excess oil out, This one SURPRISED me!!
History of this rifle- I bought this gun from a Pawn shop, it was in really good shape, i could not see any rust, pitting, etc. i got it home, tore it apart, pulled the nipple, dunked the barrel in a bucket of good warm tap water and went to work on it, it wasnt to bad at all, i got color on the patches but it wasn't horrible by any means. With warm soapy water, patches, good new bronze bore brush, back to patches etc. etc. til i felt it was as good as i could get it, dried it out really good, then i added Montana Extreme bore polishing compound to a doubled up tight fitting patch and went to work polishing the bore, i even wrapped some steel wool on a worn bore brush til i got a good snug fit and worked that back n forth 40-50 Strokes, as it loosened i added more steel wool, back to the bore polishing, i made roughly 200 strokes with the polishing compound, as the patches wore i would replace and add more compound, when i was done i went back to a clean bucket of water and dish soap, i scrubbed it back out again thoroughly, after getting through the black patches (from the polishing compound) i was easily able to get COTTON WHITE patches, I HAD IT POLISHED AND AS CLEAN AS ONE COULD GET AN OLD BARREL! This is back before i knew anything about the Patented breech and Steam cleaner. So after getting this barrel SQUEEKY clean, and the bore polished, dried out thoroughly i oiled it up REALLY GOOD, i had the bore FULLY coated with oil, i use a patch or 2 folded up between the Hammer and nipple hole to soak up excess oil that seeps out.
So this evening i grab this rifle to ready it to shoot tomorrow if the weather permits, again my routine now days is to pull the barrel, and nipple, then take my little steam cleaner and go through the Snail/Breech, nipple hole, i do this with the muzzle down, and hammer it with steam for 10 seconds or so, enough to get 8-10 inches of the barrel hot, with the muzzle stil pointed down i lift the barrel and start a patch to dry the moisture out from the steam. This routine works like a DREAM! Zero hangfires from excess oil in the patented breech etc. to my surprise the patches were absolutely NASTY! And smelled of a grease type smell? Now remember this barrel was put away THOROUGHLY CLEAN, BORE WAS POLISHED, AND OILED REALLY REALLY GOOD before i put it away! I ran a patch down the barrel mid winter to check it, as i do all of my rifles, it came out nice and clean, i freshened up an oily patch and swabbed it back n forth a few times. But this is what i got when i steam cleaned a few minutes ago, i am 99% Confident this gunk was in the Patented breech and i dislodged it with the steam cleaner. Either that or it was Baked on Bore Butter in the grooves, or combination of both? I spent about 15 minutes with the steam cleaner, patches, and a new bore brush, She is clean now! This old barrel literally looks brand new, but this is what i removed!
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Originally Posted by Dryball
