gopherfan

To tell you the truth, I clean mine as clean as I can get with the breech plug installed. I do back the plug out maybe a 1/3 of the way and I do clean from the muzzle using a brass guard on the ram rod that protects the crown of the barrel. When I get the barrel as clean as I can that way I will remove the BP andpush apatches through to get the material that may be left in the breech area. Then I usea bronze bore brush from the breech end on a slow drill to clean the threads of the breech threads. The next step for me is a couple of saturated bore solvent patches through the barrel, let the solvent sit in the bore for about 30 minutes. I then with the aid of a funnel pour boiling water through the barrel. Keep the boiling water off the scope. Set the barreled action in a cradle andquickly dry the bore with clean dry patches.

From there what ever you do to treat and care for you bore. I have a set routine that really works well for me.

If you have quick detatchable scope it probablay make things a bit easier, but I am old fashioned and do not trust the QD hardeware all that much.

hope this helps some....