Originally Posted by
54bore
I never trust a cold clean bore with my centerfires, after a deep cleaning i ALWAYS foul the bore with 1 shot, then i shoot a 3-5 shot group and if everything is good i leave that rifle alone at that point and i start hunting with it, i clean my centerfires after 10-15 shots. BUT With Blackpowder this isn't an option that i know of? A Muzzleloader would be a corroded mess in short a time if a guy loaded up and shot a Fouler shot, then reloaded without cleaning. how do you foul a Muzzleloader bore before hunting? I tried the Cap fouling method with some success, but stil was a hit and miss deal, i then tried the Graphite Lock eeze stuff with about the same results. Please Enlighten me on how to foul shoot a Muzzleloader without cleaning afterward, and avoiding rust
OK and this is just me and I have done this same method for many years now - without any problems.
One.. I have to say that I shoot T7 and BH, both much less corrosive than any other powder - but yet both are still somewhat corrosive.
Second... And I believe this to be a big key... no petroleum products or Teflon are used in the bore - everything is synthetic except for the old fashioned Blue Windex with Ammonia.
A lot of what I do is taboo by most standards but it works for me.
Our season will start October 10, sometime the week before I will take the ML of choice out to the range. Fire 3-4 caps/primers to make sure the breech plug is clear of contaminates. Then I will load up and shoot a target to verify POI. Might take 5 shots or so. If I am using T7 I will patch the bore with a slightly damp Windex patch after each shot. If I am shooting BH no need for the Windex between patches.
After the range shoot and when I get home I will patch the barrel with a couple of the moist Windex patches, generally cleaning a lot of the fouling out but not all. Windex also serves to neutralize the effects of Potassium and Sulphur. Dry patch allow the bore to dry then I will run a patch with a very small amount of Montana X-treme Bore Conditioner on the patch. This is a synthetic product. If you have not seen this product might look it up it is a GREAT product. Last step is to dry patch and get any X-treme out that comes out. At this point the bore is what I call 'semi fouled' and it will remain in that condition the rest of hunting season - UNLESS - the bore gets wet.
If I were to shoot the rifle during the season I will repeat the process at home and continue hunting. If I shoot and reload I still repeat the process.
I know by all standards this sounds terrible because of all the war stories but it works for me.
I would also suggest to you that cleaning the way I do the first shot on a cold clean barrel is normally slightly out of the group at a 100 by 1/2 to 3/4" after that first shot everything tightens out.
All the above is for a inline but yet when I use my LRH barrel - the same process works.
Really hope some of this makes sense...