Originally Posted by
cayugad
Before I purchased my custom flintlock I would have never considered a pinned barrel. But now with that rifle in the collection, a pinned barrel I found the trick to it. Its not all that hard to clean actually. Plug the vent hole. Fill the barrel with soap and water. Then tilt it back and fourth a couple times, and pour out the dirty water. Repeat the process a few times. The swab the bore clean with wet patches of soap and water. When they come out clean, then dry patch it and of course oil it to be done. The trick to making a pinned barrel stay tight is, never take it out of the stock if you don't have to.
That works fine. Another thing you can do is get an old nipple, cut the nipple portion off and drill a hole through the center about 3/16". Force some clear vinyl tubing over it and screw it into the bolster. The other end of the tubing put in a container of soapy water and start swabbing the bore. That's what I used to do with my pinned ML until I got smart. Then I started using a product called Turkey Tracks. A cleaner you can buy online from Ft Chambers Muzzleloading shop.