Cleaning question

Chuck7 · 11-01-2006, 03:54 AM

I haven't shot my muzzle loader in months. I forgot something..do I clean the gun with just water or soapy water. I'm talking about after I disassemble it. the last time I put the mussle straight down into water and then plunged it through the breach. After that I dried it real good and put a light coat of oil on it.

My question is what is the best water solution to use?
Thanks,
C7

Rebel Hog · 11-01-2006, 05:05 AM

Chuck, I get the water as hot as I can and use Regular Dish Soap and Rinse with Hot Water.I also use a Tooth Brush to clean the threads on theBreech Plug and breech end of the barrel.

Chuck7 · 11-01-2006, 05:58 AM

Thanks Reb,
I didn't realize you were a muzzle loader man till this week. I could have been calling ya up on the phone??

I dropped my rifle at a student's parent's home at 7:30 this morning. ..across from the school I teach at.The range I shoot at is Saddle Creek..which is 1/2 mile from where I teach. It closes at 5:00 PM so I'll be hurrying up.

I got those orange sticky type bulls eyes.I'll stick them on a big piece of poster board and it shouldn't take many shots .Strut gave me a range finder and that will come in handy while in my stand. I'm over lokking a wet bogg at River Ranch closed to some palmettoes that have been freshly gnawed on.

Thanks reb,
C7

Rebel Hog · 11-01-2006, 06:26 AM

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Thanks Reb,
I didn't realize you were a muzzle loader man till this week.

Yep! Been doing it since the 80's

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I got those orange sticky type bulls eyes.I'll stick them on a big piece of poster board and it shouldn't take many shots

These are the ones I use, cause it's easy to see the Yellow Holes!

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.Strut gave me a range finder and that will come in handy while in my stand.

I have a Bushnell 400 Pro

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I'm over lokking a wet bogg at River Ranch closed to some palmettoes that have been freshly gnawed on.

Man, I haven't been to River Ranch since the 80's!

Chuck7 · 11-01-2006, 07:06 AM

Long time Reb...I put in for Kicco this year. It's a 9 mile skinny section of River Ranch.Only 20 hunters allowed. I didn't realize how nice the place was.Many cedar homes. restaurants , golf course etc. pretty darn snazy.

Nice hunting too. By the name you would think it was real wet. It's not.Lot's of oak trees , praires, palmettoe fields and wet lands.
God bless brother,
C7

Rebel Hog · 11-01-2006, 07:13 AM

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ORIGINAL: Chuck7

Long time Reb...I put in for Kicco this year. It's a 9 mile skinny section of River Ranch.Only 20 hunters allowed. I didn't realize how nice the place was.Many cedar homes. restaurants , golf course etc. pretty darn snazy.

Nice hunting too. By the name you would think it was real wet. It's not.Lot's of oak trees , praires, palmettoe fields and wet lands.
God bless brother,
C7

Ha! When I use to go, there was Nothing but empty property. I had friends that had purchased acrerage there and we would take the travel trailers or some would have to camp out!