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Old 09-24-2004 | 02:39 PM
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Default RE: T/C Black Diamond Loads

If I am at a range anywhere other then my home, say at a friends. And we are going to do any shooting with inlines. If I am not going to clean the rifle right away, or it will take some time before I can get somewhere to clean it, I take a small bottle of M.A.P. which I use for just this purpose. MAP is of course 1/3rd, Murphy's oil soap, alcohol, and hydrogen peroxide.

After shooting, I pull the breech plug and nipple (if that is the case as in my Wolverine) and dump it into the MAP bottle. The rest of the rifle I leave together so as not to loose parts. I then run a few patches of swabbing solution through the barrel and leave it like that.

When I get home the fowling is nice and soft and the barrel cleans easy, and the breech plug and nipple being stainless steel are almost cleaned by themselves. It takes very little to clean them. That way there is no danger of a stuck breech plug in anything and the rifle is easier to clean in the long run.

That turning of the breech might seem like a minor thing on the range but it pays off big time at the cleaning bench..... It sounds like your rifle is really coming around fast. That is always nice to see...
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