Cleaning confusion

[Caniborrowsomeammo]

Yes, to find out what went wrong. At least with an inline with a breech plug, you can get to the breech end by taking off the plug. With a flint or percussion type, it's a fishing expedition.

 

[pierce]

Howie,
I have my first inline muzzle loader too. A TC Triumph. I say, if you can remove the breech plug for cleaning do it. Why? So you can clean from the back like we do with our smokeless powder burners. When you start shooting you will find that the breech plug gets a bunch of soot in the threads so you might just as well remove it And clean it too. When putting the plug in do not forget anti-seizing material. To do a good cleaning you should put the barrel in a wood type vice and then you can get in some good stroking with your bronze brush on your cleaning rod. When I clean my Renegade I do not have the luxury of de-breeching it for cleaning. I use a jag with boiling water to clean it. I remove the nipple and put the breech into a bucket of boiling water and draw the water through the nipple seat into the barrel. It doesn’t take long to clean it. Boiling water is used of course so the metal heats up to dry fast and prevent rust

I have used hot water and dawn soap to clean my muzzle loaders followed by bore butter in a warm barrel for more than 50 years. Always works and easy cleanup.

 

[pierce]

I have used hot water and dawn soap to clean my muzzle loaders followed by bore butter in a warm barrel for more than 50 years. Always works and easy cleanup.

 

[howieb]

I have used hot water and dawn soap to clean my muzzle loaders followed by bore butter in a warm barrel for more than 50 years. Always works and easy cleanup.

Bore butter followed by dry patches? I thought I'd read that oil in the barrel can affect ignition, and I don't know what else, but I may have misread.

 

[Slingingslugs]

Your gun should have come with a brass extension for loading/cleaning

 

[GM54-120]

Why someone would want to use something like Bore Bummer in a modern inline when there are numerous good synthetics available is beyond me. Even Ballistol is superior for this application and its been around for over 100 years. Pretty much any good lube is easier to remove than a pasty wax like lube and any of them should be removed before ever shooting them. Lube serves no purpose in a bore when its ready to be fired especially when we are talking about sabots.

Think about it, would you fire a shotgun slug sabot in a lubed bore? I sure cant see the benefit, only very likely issues. So why would you want to use it in a modern inline shooting sabots? You wont ever season a thing. Thats a myth. While i like MX Bore Conditioner it hardly conditions anything. Its just another mineral oil based lube that works well with subs and BH209.

You want a good fairly cheap oil for long term protection....Go grab a can of WD Specialist Long Term Corrosion Inhibitor. It beat nearly everything in corrosion tests. You can get it at Lowes/HomeCheapo. Its not synthetic but works fine if you got your bore clean.

 

[bstorric]

Also, as a recommendation for newcomers to
Muzzleloader’s…pellets may seem like the easier and more convenient way to use a muzzleloader but by buying some inexpensive plastic tubes and lose powder basically no time is lost in speed and there are so many positives to gain from doing this. It’s cheaper, you can fine tune your loads to get better accuracy, no worries about “did I put one or two pellets down the bore?”. Its either loaded with powder or it isn’t. With the tubes it just takes a little time up front but you can load up a bunch before the range or hunt and your all set. You’ll find most people on this site uses loose powder and it’s for a reason. Please don’t take this as a dig on your setup. Use WHATEVER you want to use and don’t feel bad about it but just thought it might be some useful info

 

[pierce]

Bore butter followed by dry patches? I thought I'd read that oil in the barrel can affect ignition, and I don't know what else, but I may have misread.

I did not explain clearly. I meant at the end of day, clean and apply bore butter. Before loading, always send a dry patch down the barrel and fire a cap or two. Of course my only experience is with side lock guns, not inlines...

 

[BuffaloSoldier]

Thanks for all the helpful hints, everyone. My Baker is a wallhanger right now, til I can get a decent barrel for it.

 

[jlynch75]

Get rid of the Bore Butter. Almost any light oil will do a better job.