my newest cleaning method

[corey012778]

I have to stay away from most muzzleloader solvents do to jess (my wife), they make her sick.

inlines.
Windex shot right down the barrel with the breech plug still in. let set for about 15mins. long enough to get the pic taken.

remove the breech plug (nipple if I shot my usak) drop it in warm soapy water that is in seal able container. shake and let set.

take an windex patch. swab with both sides. repeat till no more black or gray.

dry patchs both sides. until patch come out dry.

91% alcohol patch both sides.

dry patch

oil patch to the outside and in

every 3months an bath

(looks like an hybrid of what I have seen in number of forums)

sidelocks
nipple off and into an hot soapy water (same as inlines)

windex down the barrel let set for 10mins. spray until it comes out the nipple hole

warm to hot soapy water in a small pile, pumping action. do around 30 strokes per side. normally 2 patches.

clean warm to hot soapy water, small pile as well, pumping action. same amount of strokes and patches

as many dry patches as it takes to dry the barrel.

from here it is the same as the inlines.


little bit of an over kill on somethings, maybe.

[cayugad]

Warm water with dish soap has been cleaning muzzleloaders for years.

Long before muzzleloaders became so popular and everyone was owning one, myself and a group would shoot rifles every weekend. We always kept a large pail of water on the stove for after the shoot (we shot back at a cabin were he hauled our water into).

After a day of shooting, we'd all sit around with our coffee cans and dish soap. Water bath the barrels, and then we'd use alcohol down the bore to dry them. The funny thing is, back then we'd bore butter the hot barrels. I don't do that anymore, but I still use a water bath to clean 90% of my rifles. Its inexpensive, does not harm the environment, easy to find as you never run out, and it works. It looks like you have a good method there Corey.

DO NOT USE THE WATER METHOD WHEN SHOOTING BLACKHORN.