ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
ORIGINAL: eldeguello
I clean ALL my BP barrels by pouring 2 quarts of boiling water through the bore, followed immediately by swabbing with four or five clean dry patches. Then, when the bore is cooler, I swab it with a patch saturated with Birchwood-Casey Sheath. This treatment absolutely prevents any bore rust. And, you don't have to swab the preservative out of the bore before you can load & shoot again-the Sheathdries up, leaving a dry protective coating in the bore.
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So all this time, I've been removing the B-C Sheath from my bore when I first arrive at the range & you've found that to be unnecessary? You say this stuff's base is not oil?
Do you realize what you've just done Elde?
You havejust given me another good excuse to tell the wife that I need to get backto the range a few more times to test my first shot placements.... lol
Well, I believe the liquid base for Sheath is some sort of alcohol or other volatile substance, as it seems to dry out completely in a day or less after application. I have not found it necessary to dry patch a bore before loading up again after using it, but I sometimes do swab a bore with a dry patch, more out of old habit than anything else, and just to reassure myself that nothing's rusting inside... also another old habit! However, when I swab the bore with a clean, dry patch after leaving Sheath in the bore for several days, NONE of the patches has ever come out with any kind of liquid on it, Sheath, oil, water, alcohol, orange juice, or a cool Jacks!