Effective range on deer depends on your ability, rifle, iron/scoped, etc. I think starting out you should be thinking 100 yards but most mag inlines would do 200 plus in the hands of a skilled Ml shooter on deer sized game. Will it drop them on the spot sure but like a CF it is never a given, put the bullet in the right place and they usually go down in very short order from my experience regardless of the weapon used.

I took a Moose with inline using 120 RS and 460gr cronical, the shot was really bow range (30yards or so) as I called in the bull and it did the job nicely. I would say 100 yards for a moose the ML with proper bullet will get it done, if you do! Will it drop a Moose on spot, if you hit the spine most likely but other than that I have yet to see any moose drop on the spot, they often act uneffected and still muster a few yards before biting the dust with vital hits. That said i have seen equally very few moose go that far with a lung shot either, put in the lungs and fill your freezer-in that order!

How do you clean, depends on the design. Basically most inlines remove breech, flush with hot soapy water, brush if required, dry patch and oil. It is more involved than a CF or Shotgun b/c of the corrosive nature of BP or subs but really boils down to elbow grease, thoroughness and following the user manuals instructions. For a more direct answer pick some models of interest than ask questions about cleaning/products used, this will give you more useful info as their are many ML's and equally products/prodecures/reasons in regards to cleaning them.


BTW a ML will also handle Blackie's as well.

Best of luck.