OK, I did not want to hijack the Bore Butter thread, but this kind of falls along the same line. I would like to keep it simple using minimal number of products.

Here is what I did yesterday, during and after shooting.

First, I cleaned and lightly oiled the bore with CLP prior to going out. I also used Teflon tape on the #11 breechplug per sabotloader's instruction. No other lubricant anywhere else.

Fired a couple caps off prior to loading. Shot roughly 7-8 saboted 300 gr Hornidays through each rifle. On the first few shots I would shoot twice before running a Windex patch and then a dry patch prior to reloading. After the first few, I started doing the Windex patch/dry patch after each shot. The next bullet loaded easier and i just felt better about cleaning out the majority ofthe crud. Only takes a few seconds to do it.

After shooting, the guns went into the safe for several hours until everyone went to bed. I originally soaked the hammers and breechplugs in CLP, but later ended up spraying a little choke cleaner on them and letting them sit. Then brushed with a brass wire brush and cleaned the inside with a q-tip. It all cleaned up very well. Then sprayed them off/out very well with air compressor.

Oh, I also ran a heavily soaked CLP patch down each barrel and then sprayed some choke cleaner In the threaded region and all blackened areas and let it set for awhile. Then ran several dry patches through and then one lightly oiled patch. Then reassembled. Did not put the Teflon in yet, was getting late.

This procedure worked pretty good and as of now, I think I will pretty much continue. The one thing that I did not get out was some of the Teflon tape on the female threads. Would a 12 ga brass brush work well for this?

The bore was bright an shiney when done with minimal effort. Also, the breach plugs came out very easily. The Teflon tape did the job nicely.

Anything I am missing? Have not messed with the trigger at all, or really even looked at it to see if it comes off. Any info on that?

Thanks,
CD