range cleaning

[vvvaaa]

When cleaning/swabbing between shots, do you find starting from the muzzle end or the breech end works best

[SWThomas]

It works best for me since I would have to pull the breech plug to swab from the other end.

[lemoyne]

If you swab between shots it is impractical to take the breach plug out every shot, I don't know of any one who does. We all do when giving a through cleaning before oil and storing. Lee

[cayugad]

ORIGINAL: vvvaaa

When cleaning/swabbing between shots, do you find starting from the muzzle end or the breech end works best

When range cleaning, I never take the breech plug out. I just start at the muzzle and work that patch down the bore in short strokes. Working from the muzzle to the breech. After the damp patch you then do a couple dry patches.

[vvvaaa]

Taking the BP out seemed impractical to me but I guess what my question should have been was could one do a better job cleaning from the BP end, looks like after a days shooting and cleaning from the muzzle end you would push the crud into the BP?

[cayugad]

The primer on the next shot blows a lot of that out the barrel I sometimes think. Also if you took the breech plug out to swab, you'd run the risk of contamination of the breech threads and that would cause excessive wear on them.

[vvvaaa]

Good point, thank you.

[ginoe]

spit & dry patch from the muzzle end with either in-line or percussion rifle.

i've yet to try the bh209 for the inline (no swabbing between shots).

[heinz57]

read the text that cayugadwrote and you will have no problems ..this guy knows what he is talking about !!!!!