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Posted: 11/26/2013 5:30:11 PM EDT
| So I have a modern inline and I had been cleaning it with a soak in foaming bore cleaner, then a couple knights pre-soaked patches run through it, then some bore butter (cva I think) for lube. Notice that I had corrosion building up, so the last two times I have cleaned it like a regular rifle and it has taken forever. Looking for what some of you use before I go all crazy on this thing every time I shoot it. |
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I am shooting Black Mag 3 (similar to Blackhornn 209, before the Black Mag plant blew up)..
I use 50/50 mix of rubbing alcohol and windshield washer fluid.. run a wet patch through it and then a dry patch.. After ever 4 or 5 shots I do need to use something stronger to break up the 'crud' ring at the breech and get the sabot residue out of the barrel. for this i use CLP or a bore cleaner at the end of the year i clean with CLP and leave the barrel coated with clp for storage.. Brian |
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Hot soapy water, I usually use dawn. I fill up a mop bucket, throw all the metal parts in and clean them with a plastic bristle brush to get all the crud off. For the barrel, I remove the nipple, then put that end into the water and use the ramrod with cleaning jag and patch to suck up the water into the barrel and back out again. I do that over and over till it comes clean but it doesn't take long. After everything is all clean, I blow it off with the compressor and apply lube everywhere. I completely soak it with lube and wipe it off to make sure it gets into every little nook and cranny. That way I can also store it for a long time if needed. When I take it out to the range next, I just run a few patches down the barrel to get any lingering lubricant cleaned out. Blow a couple of caps off and you are good to go.
Years ago, I cleaned the same way, but with revolvers I would bake the metal parts in the oven at 150 or 200 degrees to burn off any remaining water. Now I just blow them off with the compressor. |
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I have two black powder cartridge rifles, both Sharps. I use diluted Windex with Vinegar (about 4:1 water and windex). Other black powder shooters I know use Murphy's oil soap and water. I forget what concentration, but it's pretty dilute.
When cleaning BP fouling, it's the water that does most of the work. I know a few real cutting edge radicals that only use water and are perfectly happy with the results. |
| I used to do the hot water and dish soap but decided to try Ballistol. So far I'm very impressed. It's much quicker, cleaner and easier than anything else I've tried. Just spray some down the bore and swab until clean. I never put any petroleum based products down the bore. |
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I used to do the hot water and dish soap but decided to try Ballistol. So far I'm very impressed. It's much quicker, cleaner and easier than anything else I've tried. Just spray some down the bore and swab until clean. I never put any petroleum based products down the bore. I sometimes do the hot water/dish soap and sometimes do ballistol but mix it with hot water. I like the ballistol and very hot water . The secret in using any water is to use very hot water because it dries out faster. When the water dries out the ballistol remains to protect your metal.also I find the water washes out the fouling better. |
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hoppe's elite with patches in my omega. 2 wet, 1 dry, 2 more wet, 2 more dry, done.
been shooting BH209 recently. cleanup is impressive. shot to shot accuracy is not. i guess i'm one of the ones that their claim of "multiple shots without cleaning" doesn't apply to. 
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I have a custom made pump system that allows you to use rubber tubing and attach it to the muzzle with an adapter. I fill up my little tin bucket with warm water, Dawn, and maybe even some Windex. I pump the water in and out for a good 10 minutes.
Use my ramrod and some microfiber cloth to dry her up. |
| Remington had a "blackout" cleaning system that I ripped off for cheap. I bought a musket cap nipple, drilled it out, then some cheap nylon clear tubing. Stand the rifle up, hook the tubing up, put the end in hot soapy water, then draw the water through the barrel with the ram rod and patches. Works great. |
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