Cleaning Inlines

[Dooger]

Do you guys clean your inlines just like a centerfire rifle?  Ex:  Hoppes and oil with patches

[p15camborne]

No.  I've always shot Pyradex RS.  I clean with very hot water and dish-soap.  Rinse with very hot water.  Run dry patches through.  Hot barrel will dry quickly.  When dry oil bore.  My Knight LK-93 was  bought early '90's and used every year.  Bore looks great; gun shoots great.

Here's a page on cleaning a muzzleloader    http://www.castbullet.com/misc/clean.htm

[Busta]

Do you guys clean your inlines just like a centerfire rifle?  Ex:  Hoppes and oil with patches

Only if your shooting the new Blackhorn 209 powder. No water based cleaners for this powder.

http://www.blackhorn209.com/pdf/brochure.pdf


For all other powders (Black Powder, Pyrodex, 777, Pinnacle, American Pioneer, JSG, etc;.), do as p15camborne says.

[1marty]

I use 777 in my Thompson-After shooting I remove the breach plug run the garden hose through it; use a light oil patch and it's clean as a whistle.

[blackhawk45]

I use 777 in my Thompson-After shooting I remove the breach plug run the garden hose through it; use a light oil patch and it's clean as a whistle.

Thats odd, I clean mine with hot soapy water,and oil the barrel after drying,and still find a little rust.

I'm surprised yours  isn't as rusty as a 54 Ford ! lol

[flintlock]

I run 4-5 patches damp with rubbing alcohol through the barrel, or until they come out clean, then run 2 dry patches to dry the barrel...Remove the breach plug and clean that with a toothbrush and pipe cleaner also using rubbing alcohol...Then lube all with WD-40, wipe off and then use a good gun oil...I store the breach plug in a plastic bag and leave it in the gun case...

[Buckskins & Black Powder]

I clean all my muzzys with hot soapy water with 6 squirts of windex mixed into the water. Works great. I dont oil my bores and i havent seen a touch of rust since i ditched oiling my barrels.

[1marty]

Blackhawk my Omega never rusted  -I do oil it after cleaning-every so often I take it to the car wash and for $5 I get my car washed and leaving the windows open I clean the Omega at the same time-didn't have a Ford but I did have a 56 Chevy

[rickyp]

what I do is
use several patches with beechwood Case's or T/C black powder cleaner  when all the black powder is gone I use  a good gun cleaning solvent to remove any plastic from the sabot and then use a bronze brush followed by a few more solvent soaked patches until every comes out clean. I then run a few dry patches and followed with a good coat of eezox for storage.