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OldBuckstalker1187

I am using basically the same lube on my patches... but speaking of patches what do they look like of they are shot.

The top row of patches are the cotton wonder lube patches show little wear these were shot with 70 grains of T7 - the bottom row are pillow ticking and the heat from T7 melts them on occasion.

Have you tried to run a tight patch down the bore to make sure that is smooth and a even push all the way down?

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Originally Posted by MountainDevil54 (Post 3731197)

if you didnt clean the factory grease out of the barrel, that could be a real mess.

Do like sabotloader said, Get some JB Bore compound and give it 150-200 strokes and clean it out, dry and oil. Bore butter isnt a good lube to use to prevent rust. Get a good quality oil like montana xtreme bore oil, birchwood casey barricade or such.

Thanks alot Mountaindevil. I never even seen nor heard of the JB compound or the Montana Xtreme. Must be the dealers don't put it on their shelves. I just looked it up on the internet, seems like it gets alot of good reviews and the prices on both are reasonable. Do you think I have done any damage to my barrel by not cleaning it right from the factory? Do all muzzleloaders come with this grease inside the barrels when they are new, even the inlines?

I just want to thank everyone that replied to my post. For as long as I have known, the members on this forum are extremely informative and I knew that the blackpowder section was the place to go for this issue. Thank you all, I will keep you posted on what happens next.

no, no damage you just now have to clean the nasty stuff out with more elbow grease.

If this was a used rifle and I was not sure of the inner condition of the bore, I would boil the barrel clean. Then I would use a brass brush and strong solvent and scrub the bore good. Then solvent patch the bore good. After that I would try it. If it is still tight, I would take some JB Bore Paste and do about 100 full strokes. Change the patches every 25 strokes. Then another good cleaning.

Get rid of the 777, you are getting a crud ring...Go with either real black powder (preferable) or Pyrodex R-S...

Once you lap the barrel with the JB Bore paste and get rid of that crud ring from the 777 she should load easier...A ball should slide down the barrel smoothly once started...