cleaning question on in- lines?
 

hi guys, i just got a new muzzleloader for christmas, could anyone tell me how much cleaning is involved and how you go about cleaning one of these kind of muzzleloaders. knight wolverine 209 26 50 caliber. thanks for your help.

RE: cleaning question on in- lines?
 

I take it completely apart, and then clean the barrel in a bucket of hot soapy water, then hot clean water. Dry it, and WD-40 thoroughly. Is there a video that came with your rifle? Watch that.

RE: cleaning question on in- lines?
 

Besides the bore take the nipple, breech plug, and bolt out if it and give them a good cleaning also, be sure and don't set it up even over night after shooting it if you are using pyrodex, also be sure and put some type of breech plug grease on the threads of both the plug and the nipple when you put it back together that will make it easier to take apart the next time.

RE: cleaning question on in- lines?
 

Someone told me that cleaning an in-line was easy because you could push the crud right through the barrel. I would rather clean a sidelock any day of the week.

I take my T/C Black Diamond apart and go to the laundry tub that has a sprayer. I then put the barrel in the tub on a cloth and spray hot water down the barrel and through the back end of the thing as much as possible, washing out all the crud I can. In the meantime I have some water boiling on the stove.

I then use Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber solvent and brass brush the barrel and then solvent patches until the rifle barrel is clean. I then clean the the action area with solvent patches. I bought a brush (made for this) that I run into the back end of the rifle where the striker slides forward, and the spring and end knob are located. After I brush that out as best as possible I push solvent soaked paper towel through there until they come out clean.

After wipping it all down, I take a tooth brush and scrub the striker, the breech plug the 209 nipple and the spring in hot soapy water. I then wipe all them off with a Birchwood Casey Bore Scrubber Solvent cloth.

This is where I take the rifle outside lean it against the deck rail and pour the boiling water down the barrel and over the action part of the rifle. With a gloved hand I take the HOT!! barrel back inside and run dry clean patches through it until I am sure there is no moisture left in the rifle. I then spray the trigger assembly down with denatured alcohol to drive any moisture out of it.


Once all the parts are clean and dry, I use Rem Oil in the trigger area. With Birchwood Casey Sheath, I then spray down the striker bar and spring, and wipe the outide of the breech plug off and the 209 nipple. After checking everything else and wiping it down, I run a patch of Sheath down the barrel to protect it.

Re-assemble the rifle and you are done. Before I shoot it next, I run a denatured alcohol patch down the barrel to get any Birchwood Casey Sheath out of it. I am not sure this is necessary, but I always start my shooting with as clean a gun as possible.

Next time I am using Triple Se7en. Pyrodex is a real mess... :)