bigted
05-28-2012, 07:45 PM
i am always and constantly astonished by the ease of cleaning with this...our favorite gunpowder. when i take it for granted i seem to gravitate over to a few smokless loads and get the education all over again. sorta thusly today!
i loaded 5 rcbs paperpatch boolits over 34 grains of RL-7 . [ having been in the mood for awhile now for some smokless fun] the loading was seemless and easy compared and i had to stop every once in awhile to make sure i covered all the steps that seem so simple compared to the satisfying loading i do with my blackpowder loads...[seems like there is no romance with this smokless loading what-so-ever!! cant seem to remember what attracted me to it in the first place]... then i seated the 540 grain [paperpatched and maybe the only saving grace for me here with this lil exorcise] boolits on the powder and outside i went to shoot them. first i noticed the difference in recoil...cant really explain that...not less or more...just different somehow...then marveled at the clealiness of the cases and barrel after the 5 rounds were shot.
now i wrap up my small outting and go inside to swab the barrel down and contemplate what i just did. well i spit on a patch and swabbed up n down the bore around 5 times and naturally it were black. so i sent another spit patch thru in the same manner and it also came out the same color. now im perplexed as my blackpowder fouled barrels by this time are almost completely clean...i realize that this is smokless and may need chemicales to get the barrel clean like i want so out came the foul smelling crud that i used to enjoy so much. swabbing didnt stop for another 4 patches to get that stupid smokless fouling out completely so a clean dry tight patch would come out as white as it went in...kinda like the spitpatches i use 2 of and get the nice white clean patches out with. then i oiled the bore and to my astonishment that patch came out darker then it went it so back to scrubbing with that foul smelling crud to remove this forein substance from my barrel. at this time i began to opoligize to my winchester hiwall for subjecting it to such needless swabbing and dirt from a powder that is never to be in such a pristine rifle...[just glat i didnt take the notion to do such a dastardly deed to my 45-120].
long storie short is that my smokless days are rapidly coming to an end. the cleanup is just too involved and then im not sure it is all outta there.
compared to my blackpowder cleanup which is thusly...2 spit patches to de-foul tha barrel...followed by a ballistol mix on 1 patch ...followed by 2 clean dry patches to dry the bore then an oily patch to store away till i want some more fun. the oily patch is then used to swab down the outside metal and wood to its glorious wonder and a final wipe down with a clean towel to remove the dust grabbing oil on the outside...DONE...no leading...no jacketed bronze...no forein matter whatsoever...all natural shtuff maynard
so there is my dasturdly deed and my sincere opoligy and humble state of being for such. i wanted to fess up rite away with this sorry storie so maybe some others would not succumb to such an urge to be-spoil theri pristine rifles and maybe to reassure any new folks that indeed this is the only way to happiness and satisfaction with a yesteryear type of smiling happy contentment.
happy shooting all and may the Gods of Real powder smile on your honerable endeavers....[smilie=s:...:shock:...:razz:
i loaded 5 rcbs paperpatch boolits over 34 grains of RL-7 . [ having been in the mood for awhile now for some smokless fun] the loading was seemless and easy compared and i had to stop every once in awhile to make sure i covered all the steps that seem so simple compared to the satisfying loading i do with my blackpowder loads...[seems like there is no romance with this smokless loading what-so-ever!! cant seem to remember what attracted me to it in the first place]... then i seated the 540 grain [paperpatched and maybe the only saving grace for me here with this lil exorcise] boolits on the powder and outside i went to shoot them. first i noticed the difference in recoil...cant really explain that...not less or more...just different somehow...then marveled at the clealiness of the cases and barrel after the 5 rounds were shot.
now i wrap up my small outting and go inside to swab the barrel down and contemplate what i just did. well i spit on a patch and swabbed up n down the bore around 5 times and naturally it were black. so i sent another spit patch thru in the same manner and it also came out the same color. now im perplexed as my blackpowder fouled barrels by this time are almost completely clean...i realize that this is smokless and may need chemicales to get the barrel clean like i want so out came the foul smelling crud that i used to enjoy so much. swabbing didnt stop for another 4 patches to get that stupid smokless fouling out completely so a clean dry tight patch would come out as white as it went in...kinda like the spitpatches i use 2 of and get the nice white clean patches out with. then i oiled the bore and to my astonishment that patch came out darker then it went it so back to scrubbing with that foul smelling crud to remove this forein substance from my barrel. at this time i began to opoligize to my winchester hiwall for subjecting it to such needless swabbing and dirt from a powder that is never to be in such a pristine rifle...[just glat i didnt take the notion to do such a dastardly deed to my 45-120].
long storie short is that my smokless days are rapidly coming to an end. the cleanup is just too involved and then im not sure it is all outta there.
compared to my blackpowder cleanup which is thusly...2 spit patches to de-foul tha barrel...followed by a ballistol mix on 1 patch ...followed by 2 clean dry patches to dry the bore then an oily patch to store away till i want some more fun. the oily patch is then used to swab down the outside metal and wood to its glorious wonder and a final wipe down with a clean towel to remove the dust grabbing oil on the outside...DONE...no leading...no jacketed bronze...no forein matter whatsoever...all natural shtuff maynard
so there is my dasturdly deed and my sincere opoligy and humble state of being for such. i wanted to fess up rite away with this sorry storie so maybe some others would not succumb to such an urge to be-spoil theri pristine rifles and maybe to reassure any new folks that indeed this is the only way to happiness and satisfaction with a yesteryear type of smiling happy contentment.
happy shooting all and may the Gods of Real powder smile on your honerable endeavers....[smilie=s:...:shock:...:razz: