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March 14, 2022
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Rick C
April 15, 2005
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That is a true piece of advice if you were shooting black powder ammo in said rifle. Hot soapy water was the primary method used to clen the bores on black powder rifles.
Bert
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March 14, 2022
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Never knew that Bert. Very interesting!
Rick C
September 19, 2014
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Bert and Rick, Even more important when the first smokeless came to market as the primers were a corrosive salt based product. Oil based bore cleaners didn’t totally get rid of the salts left in the barrel. I believe that is why so many early smokeless generation rifles have bores that are rough. Previously, with black powder, conscientious owners using water to get the back powder fouling out also got the salts no one seemed to know about. Tim
September 19, 2014
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Folks, I should have added, the current trend with serious black powder shooters and those using corrosive primed (usually military surplus) cartridges is to use Windex first. It gets the black powder fouling plus primer salts out of the barrels. Tim.
March 14, 2022
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Tim that is all new to me. Again very interesting. Appreciate the replies.
Rick C
November 7, 2015
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Rick C said
Tim that is all new to me. Again very interesting. Appreciate the replies.
I learned about it from Mike Venturino and he mentions it in his books. I use Windex with ammonia and I generally dilute it 50%. Some BP shooters use a Moose Milk recipe involving Ballistol and water. For the cases I drop them in a jug with water and a bit of dishwashing liquid. When I get home I brush them out with a nylon brush, deprime and agitate/rinse a few times until the water runs clean. For REALLY clean brass I let them run in a hydrosonic cleaner for awhile. Then I’ll rinse and dry them in my oven and run them in a vibratory media cleaner and they come out shinier than new, inside and out. Takes a few hours to clean the brass, takes about 15 minutes to clean a BP single shot cartridge rifle with Windex or Moose Milk. Nylon brush with either water base solvent, 2-3 patches with solvent, 2-3 dry patches and a lube patch. Done!
Mike
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