ORIGINAL: roundball
ORIGINAL: cayugad
People, after season ends, unload and clean your rifles.....
It's examples like that which cause me tobe so fanatical about cleaning & lubing my muzzleloaders...I evenremovethefrizzen pivot screw & frizzen to 100% clean and lube that whole area too...it has to get pan flash residue down in there.
I believe it's just too easy to get sidetracked with work, or car problems, family emergencies, etc, etc...and before you know it, it's too late.
If I use them, I put them up showroom ready every time.
Some might call that overkill...but I promise if you even bought a rifle from me used, you woulnd't find oneany more pampered than mine.
I could not agree more. Some folks complain that cleaning ML's takes so much time. I enjoy detail cleaning and caring for mine and never rush. I have many weapons, some of which are over 90 years old which were my grandfathers. All of which are in excellent shooting condition. The older ones are worn from use and field carry, but they are in excellent condition. I still have my very first ML, a T/C 50 Cal Hawken CapKit that is coming up 36 years old. It's worn from having several thousand shots through it and many years of carry, but the bore is like a mirror and mechnically it's in excellent shape with a really decent brownedfinish that still looks good. I have faithfully detail cleaned that rifle and every other one at the first opportunity after firing. Almost always the same evening or if I am remote, then I field clean the best I can until I get home.
