Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
I'm sure most of us are talking about traditional sidelocks, and most of us are shooting a PRB. You seem to be talking about inlines, and modern bullets. The OP has a sidelock, and is shooting a PRB.
If I do shoot an all lead conical in a sidelock i'll use a bronze brush, and maybe some Hoppe's 9 to loosen up the lead first. Then i'll flush, because it's the best way to clean out the breech channel. This won't be often, because i'll use a PRB 99.9% of the time.
Yes I'm with you Muley, if I've been shooting solid lead conicals, and I do, I usually run a few wet alcohol patches first then saturate a patch with Kroil and pass it up and down the bore. Let it sit for a half hour or so and then a Kroil patch again followed by a bronze brush. Man that Kroil will really loosen leading. They don't call it the "oil that creeps" for nothing. Then of course, I flush and dry as usual.
I only ever owned one 'true" in-line with a removable breech plug. It was a Traditions E-bolt with a satin nickel finish and black synthetic stock. It's also the only muzzleloading rifle that I ever fired a Powerbelt or sabot/bullet combo through. It was a good shooter and I did take a doe with it once, but it never felt like I was hunting with a muzzleloader any of the times I used it so I gave it to a good friend who has done a lot for me over the years. He loves it and uses it every season in NY.
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