ORIGINAL: Pioneer2
Been cleaning mine with the boiled H20 and dishsoap.Then dry patches followed by an olive oil swab.Also heard that petroleum products cause tarring.I supose Isapropal alcohol would remove it before firing? Does anyone remove the nipple and lube the threads or is this overkill? Harold
NO!Harold, it sure ain't overkill! ANY component of your gun that gets BP or substitute fouling on it will eventually corrode if it is not cleaned! Even stainless steel!
You remove the nipple, and use a round toothpick and hot water & detergent, and wash all fouling off and out of the nipple (so you can see thru the little tiny hole)before you squirt it with SHEATH and put back in the drum -which is also clean because you took the nipple and cleanout screw out of it and let the hot water run out of the drum when you poured it through the barrel.