To Butter or Not To Butter?
11-12-2006 | 01:49 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 836
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From: Jackson, TN
RE: To Butter or Not To Butter?
No Bore Butter. No way am I going to put that lard, sperm whale blubber, monkey grease down my barrel.
I watched the instructional CD that came with my Omega. Greg Ritz of Thompson/Centeris showing this dufas how to use and clean his brand new Omega. Greg first tells the guy that the Omega is a high tech gun, capable of shooting these new aerodynamic saboted Shockwave projectiles laser accurate to 200-225-even 250 yards. He then turns right around and tells the guy that after cleaning the gun he needs to use bore butter to "season the barrel like a cast iron skillet". He even said it with a straight face, which I find even more amazing.
Which is it Greg - Ahigh tech firearmor a cast iron skillet? Should he go deer hunting with the gun or fry some chicken in it?
I certainly don't intend to offend anyone who likes and uses bore butter. I am struck, however, by the irony of a representative of T/C saying that the Omega is a high tech gun and you need to "season the bore like a cast iron skillet" with bore butter.
My advice would be to clean your inline thoroughly with whatever you find works well for you. I use the 50:50 alcohol/WW fluid. If it gets really dirty I might use a patch of Birchwood-Casey bore scrubber around a copper brush. I protect from rust with Birchwood-Casey Sheath, a great protectant that leaves no oily residue.
I watched the instructional CD that came with my Omega. Greg Ritz of Thompson/Centeris showing this dufas how to use and clean his brand new Omega. Greg first tells the guy that the Omega is a high tech gun, capable of shooting these new aerodynamic saboted Shockwave projectiles laser accurate to 200-225-even 250 yards. He then turns right around and tells the guy that after cleaning the gun he needs to use bore butter to "season the barrel like a cast iron skillet". He even said it with a straight face, which I find even more amazing.
Which is it Greg - Ahigh tech firearmor a cast iron skillet? Should he go deer hunting with the gun or fry some chicken in it?
I certainly don't intend to offend anyone who likes and uses bore butter. I am struck, however, by the irony of a representative of T/C saying that the Omega is a high tech gun and you need to "season the bore like a cast iron skillet" with bore butter.
My advice would be to clean your inline thoroughly with whatever you find works well for you. I use the 50:50 alcohol/WW fluid. If it gets really dirty I might use a patch of Birchwood-Casey bore scrubber around a copper brush. I protect from rust with Birchwood-Casey Sheath, a great protectant that leaves no oily residue.
11-14-2006 | 04:15 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Joined: May 2003
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RE: To Butter or Not To Butter?
i was always under the ass-umption that bore butter wouldnt foul black powder or pyrodex like regular gun oil if you dont get it out of the barrel totally. thats the only reason why i use it in my caplocks to coat the bore during the hunting season. i also use one of those air tools to blow out the charge. if i go more than 2 days hunting with the same charge i dont trust the powder anymore. that tool gets the maxi ball out but doesnt get all the powder out and you need to do a complete cleaning. theres nothing like the confidence of a fresh charge!
