Another newbe question
I understand after I am done shooting her today to clean with warm soapy water. Then apply a light coat of oil down the inside of the barrel. When I shoot it again do I need to wipe the oil out with a patch to prevent a misfire?
Chuck

Wipe it out. Lots of folks also fire a cap or 2 before loading. I usually just dry patchmine really well, then remove the clean-out screw and run a pipe cleaner through it and the nipple. It's never mis-fired.

I run one of those bore buttered patches down mine when I'm done cleaning - when I shoot again I fire a cap or two and then shoot. Never had a problem (yet).

Yea, you should get it out before firing. I use No13 to get it out of inlines. You don't want borebutter really in a an inline in my opinion. So I shoot off 2 primers or caps. Then wipe it out with No13 from T/C.

Its best really to go hunting with a fouled barrel in my opinion. One that has been fired once and cleaned out.

Thanks men,
Chuck

A patch with some isoproply alcohol will take it right out. The alcohol will also dry in the barrel but I still run a dry patch or two after them. Leave one of the dry patches on the jag down in the bottom of the breech. Then pop two of the 209 primers or a couple of caps to clear any oil out of the breech. Then pull the patch back out. You will see from the marks on the patch if the breech is clean and fire is going through well. Also the patch will smear the primer fowling around on the way out. Some of the people fire three or four primers instead of fowling the barrel.

The problem with leaving the oil in the barrel is, the rifle with a 209 primer might still fire even if the oil was left, just from the shear fire they produce. The other problem is oil and gun powder react together and make a tar like substance inside the rifle. This is a real mess. Although you can swab it out. But why let it form in the first place. A fast swab and your shooting fine.

Thanks

What you use for swabbing between shots at the range is usually sufficient for removing storing oils when you first arrive. T/C 13, rubbing alcohol, Windex, windshield washer fluid.... etc ...all work well.

Get yourself a fewsmall spray bottles ($1 car scent bottle at auto parts or dollar store). I do a 50-50 mix of alcohol and Windex.I prefer that over burning blackpowder solvents like T/C 13in my bore.... especially if a face wind is occuring that day. Smelling/breathing/inhaling powder is bad enough... some harsh, burnt, airbornegun solvent residuecould produce sickness. So I prefer to use the weakest cleaner (outside of water) that I'm pleased with.

I remove the gun oils, then shoot one primer with a jag & ramrod down the bore. Even though I personally never store my MLs with the breechplug in the barrel, this sudden burst of "contained" heat/fire will remove any oils in the breechplug for those ML shooters that do store their breechplug in the barrel. Your plugmay accumulate drippingoil over weeks/months of inactivity if you store your ML "muzzle up".

I then remove the ramrod/jag and fire two more 209 primers - but do not swab the bore. I load my first target shot - fire - then swab with my 50-50 mix.

Everyone arriving at the range or woods has a slightly different approach to what they use & how they use it. The main idea is to avoid mis/hangfires & try to get your 2nd-3rd-4th shots as close to the bullseye as your 1st shot. For me, leaving three Federal 209A primers residue still intact in the borecreates enough artificial fouling so I instantly begin hunting with my 1st loaded shot.

Just keep in mind that what works for me may not work for you.

OK Triple 7,
I just got back from the range. I only fired 7 shots because I understood I had to get back home and thoughly clean the gun. You are saying I could of ran a swab down the barrel. When I run the swab down my In line at the range ,do I need to remove the breech plug? Because it really wasn't sighted in that good yet.

Chuck

No Chuck.... you could of packed a lunch & stayed the entire day.
Sometimes, I spend four hours there shooting up-to 40 shots without a cleaning.

I generally swab after every 2nd shot -- even after using magnum powder charges of 777. I use both sides of a damp patch - then both sides of a dry patch -- then re-load.

After every several shots, I slightly loosen - re-hand-tighten my breechplug so it doesn't even think about seizing.., lol. After I'm done shooting those 40 shots, I loosen the plug two complete revolutionary turns until I get it home.

All my swabbing is done with a brass brush. I only use a jag for bullet-seating. I bring two ramrods to the range... one for brush - one for jag. Get a couplescrew-on T-handles or roundedgrips for the end of your ramrods.... much easier & less painful... lol