ORIGINAL: Pella hunter
SOME PEOPLE SAY USE SOAP & WATER & SOME SAY USE SOLVENT , WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IS SOME SAY TO PUT OIL ON THEM AFTER , I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NO NO ON THEM BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM LOAD HARD , ALSO SOME SAY TO SEASON THE BARREL AND THAT SOLVENT TAKES THE SEASONING OUT , I AM FAIRLY NEW TO BP GUNS & THIS IS AS CLEAR AS MUD TO ME ? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR INPUT, I AM SURE I WILL GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY BUT THIS WAY I CAN FIGURE OUT MY OWN WAY FROM YOUR INPUT.
I use Rusty Duck from Walmart to clean the barrel. I brush it out with a brass brush after a few dry pathes. I use alchol to clean the breach plug, just in case I don't dry it properly---it will shoot. I alway field clearn after each shot, 2 bore butter patches, light buttered, up and down twice, turn over patch and do again up and down twice. So effectively 8x up and down, with 2 pathes. The 1st patch is pretty dirty, the 2nd patch is relatively clean. Soap I have done this,messy and I have a scope so not so easy. Windshield washer fluid, I have used that, works. Idon't like it as much as rusty Duck, since duck seems to cut fouling better.
See the manual for your Gun, the TC manuals are online here:
http://www.tcarms.com/manuals/
Chap Gleason Va