ORIGINAL: frocb
I am brand new to the world of muzzle loading. I have a Remington Genesis and need to do the initial cleaning. I've read several posts and would like some clear instructions onhow it should be done.Will Cayugad's 50/50 mix do the job or will I need something else. Also once I'm done with the initial cleaning do I need to put on a coat of lub to store it.
Sure the 50/50 of Cayugad works well and is cheap. I use rusty duck (Walmart)or Cayugad's mistureand clean until the patch is absolutely clean, usually 4 or 5 patches---I always swab between shots and if I am done with a gun at the range I will swab once to get most fowling out of the barrel. Then I dry patch once. Then I use a bore brush down a few times. Then another rusty duck patch, then a dry patch again. Then a patch of bore butter, just a touch. Here is some other info on cleaning which is good:
http://www.chuckhawks.com/clean_muzzleloader.htm
Bottom line, elbow grease. I don't put my gun in water, I don't like the hot water baths, too messy. Chap Gleason
PS. Forgot about the breech plug. Place that in 4 oz plastic disposalable cup with just 93% rubbing alcohol and clean it up with an old tooth brush. I use the tooth brush also to get in the threads inside the barrel. I dry the breech plug with a clean dry patch. That is the basic procedue of gun cleaning. If you have a Knight disc you should take that apart also and clean it with the mixture you use to clean the barrel, then blow it off with some of that canned air they sell for cleaning computers, then a light coat of Rem oil.