ORIGINAL: take1a
andrewjoseph said: "I took the barrel off and held it with a thick leather glove on and shot steam through it for a few minutes. Then I cleaned the barrell and threads to the breach - this worked amazing. It got so hot you couldnt touch it even for a split second."
My wife suggested I try her steam cleaner to clean my muzzleloader, and I laughed at her. Maybe she'll have the last laugh. Andrewjoseph: when you said you "shot steam through it for a few minutes", just how long did you shoot the steam through? A couple minutes? five?
After thinking about it, I probably kept the staem shooting through it for two minutes, mabye 90 seconds. This seemed to get the barell plenty hot with a lot of moisture. We cleaned a buddy of mines barell that had some built up crud in it and it worked great for him. I just use the little attachment that shoots steam out in a very small pattern, with no brush or anything.
I would reccommend anyone whose wife had one - or if you have one - to try it.