RE: Cleaning my Wolf after a rangew session.
INLINE RIFLES
There are two ways I clean them. A lot of it depends in whether the scope comes off or now. The main way is "¦
Water Method
Insure the rifle is unloaded. If you are not 100% positive, check that rifle.
Break the rifle down to as many pieces as possible, according to the manufacturer"™s recommendations.
Place all the small fowled parts in a water soap solution to soak. These include the breech plug, the hammer striker, etc..
Remove the scope if possible. Pay attention here to insure you do not loose any part from the scope rings (voice of experience here).
With the barrel now broken down, I like to swab the bore with Windex or any other favorite solution to remove as much of the fowling as possible. Usually two patches are enough. I always like to work from the breech to the muzzle so I do not move any more fowling then necessary over the breech thread.
I take the rifle and parts to the sink where I have a solution of dish soap and water. Here I pour water down the muzzle of the barrel with a cup. I then turn it over and do the same from the breech side. I then set the barrel over the bath container and squirt dish soap into the breech area. I slide part of the breech brush in to the breech and again apply soap to it. Cover that area with your hand, and work that soap and water into a thick foam. Now rinse that area again with water.
Take an old tooth brush and again, a little soap, and scrub the back end of the rifle getting all the fowling off the breech area of the rifle. Rinse again. Set the barrel to the side.
I now like to take and clean the bottom of the rifle scope free of fowling if there is any. Pay attention to the rings and make sure they are clean also.
Clean the breech plug with the tooth brush and soap. Work that plug until it is spotless. And clean the hammer striker or any other parts you might have. Be sure and rinse the soap.
Now back to the cleaning bench where I run solvent patches through the bore of the barrel and over the parts I cleaned, including the scope. I want to make sure there is no sign of fowling anyway.
Visually inspect all parts and the bore of the rifle.
With an air compressor, blow out the breech plug. And I like to wipe all parts off with a patch with some alcohol on it. Then some dry patches to make sure there is no hidden water on them. The same of the barrel. I like to swab the barrel with an alcohol patch and then dry patches until I am sure it is dry.
After that I swab the bore with favorite gun oil. I also wipe off the scope, and all other parts except the breech plug. Wipe the outside of the barrel off as well as the scope.
Now apply a good coating of the tape or breech plug grease. What ever you use when you shoot. I use Slick 50 one grease. I then like to put the plug back in the rifle since I shoot so often. BUT if you will not shoot that rifle for an extended period of time, you might be better served to place all those small parts in a zip lock baggie. With a paper punch and some duct tape, tape a corner of the baggie and punch a hole through the tape and bag. This will give the bag strength. Now a small piece of string and tie that to the trigger guard. You now have a clean rifle and all the parts ready for the next time.
I also put a small amount of the Slick 50 on the lug screws. As I screw them in to hold the barrel to the stock this helps protect them from rust and it helps them in removal the next time.
Solvent Method is basically the same as the water method. You break the gun down into as many parts as possible. Soak the fowled parts. BUT instead of taking the rifle to the sink for a bath, start spraying down patches with Windex, 409, Simple Green or some other inexpensive cleaner. Swab the barrel clean. Then take your breech brush and wrap it with a cloth and saturate that cloth with one of those cleaners. Now pay attention and make sure you clean all the threads. After that start dry patching. These patches should come out nice and clean. When they come out nice and clean and dry, then oil the bore with a patch. I like to work from the breach to the muzzle. If I do run it down from the muzzle it is not until I am sure that the breech threads are clean. Now take and wipe all the fowling off the outside of the gun. And put it back together under the manufacturers recommendations. Wipe the outside off and your done.
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