Chubber

Hey everyone, thanks for all of the great comments. I went ahead and bought a CVA Magnum inline this weekend from another list member who cut me a great deal.

From my past reading on this list and elsewhere, I will prob. use either regular BP or cleanshot with either conical minnie balls or saboted projectiles. I will see how the regular hot water and soap cleans it up to start.

Thanks again,

Chubber

Briman

I've only cleaned a muzzleloader once, since I've only had mine to the range once so far. I removed the barrel and the flash hole liner from the barrel. Filled an icecream bucket half full of hot soapy water, put the breach end of the barrel in the bucket and ran a few patches up and down. Pulling the patch up sucked water up the barrel and pushing it back down forced the water back out. I was amazed at how clean the barrel got after only a few minutes after hearing horror stories of fouled blackpowder barrels and cleaning them. I then took the barrel and ran it under a hot shower then stood the barrel up, muzzle down on news papers to dry over night. No signs of rust the next day, so I ran an oiled patch down the barrel. A few weeks later, still no rust.
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Chubber

Quite simply the oil from the head of a Sperm whale. Each whale would have almost 100 gallons of top quality oil in a cavity in it's head. It is very high quality organic oil, they would use it for lamps because it does not smoke very much.

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Ruger-Redhawk

At one time I belonged to a Muzzleloading club.There was a cleaning formular that we came up with and it works real good. It doesn't cost much to make and will last for years. I still have some I made probably 20 years ago and it still works great.
2 oz Peroxide
1oz Lestoil(Pinesol)
1oz water soluable oil (Water pump lube from auto parts store)I put the whole can in.
16 oz water.
Another tip, when shoot BP and your hands get stained. Soap and water won't touch it. Use Peroxide to wash your hands and the stain will disappear. Ruger Redhawk

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Jason N

I just use hot water and Murphy's oil soap. Work great. After cleaninf I wipe down with regular gun oil and swab the barrel with it as well....I have no rust or tough loading.

Chubber

Hey, I like the idea for Murphy's Oil Soap. It is &quot;natural&quot;, which some rifles require, cheap, and should leave a slight residue to help with oiling. The only thing I worry about is that it is still a soap, which is very high pH and might cause some corosion if left on there long term. I guess you rinse, dry and oil afterwards, right?

Chubber

Mark whiz

Chubber,

I've seen 2 formulas for the Murphy's. One mixed with water & the other diluted with Hydrogen peroxide. I finally found a bottle of Murphy's, so I'll be trying one or both of these someday. I'm no amateur chemist, but I'm thinking about using 1/3 Murphy's, 1/3 Hydrogen peroxide, 1/3 water, & a splash of denatured alcohol as an interesting mix.

I figure I will do with it the same as my Simple Green mixture - swab the barrel with de-natured alcohol after cleaning & before oiling in order to remove any soap residue & moisture.


&quot;Every moving thing that liveth, I give unto you as meat&quot; (Gen 9:3)

Trust God..........but keep your powder dry!

mlaubner

For my money the Thompson's all natural bore cleaner works great. Followed by a vigorous scrubbing of the Thompson's bore butter to preserve the bore and keep it &quot;seasoned&quot;. I never have had any trouble with this combo and the cost of the cleaner is nothing compared to frustration of a gun that won't shoot straight!

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