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Offline dinger

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black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« on: December 12, 2008, 02:35:45 PM »
What's your cleaning routine for bp in a Buffalo Classic/ Carbine?
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2008, 03:31:11 PM »
Well everyone has their tried and tru method, but I have been using Tidy Bowl toilet cleaner, a small amount in some water, just enought to tint the water light blue, usually an old laundry detergent jug, dump all my brass in it after I manually decap them(to start the cleaning process). Then run a few wet patches with the stuff thru the barrel, some vigorous brushing followed by some more patches, until they come clean, the patches are made white for a reason right? Then oil and wipe down until next time. Be sure to clean everything, breech, frame where the fring pin is and the end of the barrel and front sight. Black powder residue travels in my experience.
Just like a muzzleloader sooner is better and easier.
Oh , and dump the brass water somewhere outdoors, if youre using real black powder, the sulfur smell is strong. My wife doesnt particularly care for it.
Just my $0.02 here of course.

Pete
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2008, 03:06:33 AM »
Water.   Hot, preferably; sometimes I add some Murphy's Oil Soap to it.  Submerge the muzzle end of the barrel and use a tight patch to pull water up into the bore.  Use a back and forth plunging motion to circulate the water until the bore is clean.  If needed, follow up with a brush and solvent; wipe the muzzle dry and oil the outside with a water-displacing oil.  I apply a non-petroleum oil to the bore.  Olive oil works very well for that application.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2008, 04:31:49 AM »
Windshield Washer fluid.  I keep a bottle sitting near the heat exchanger for hot water on my boiler, that way it is always warm.  Got the idea out of "Insights" the NRA magazine for kids.  They recommended using the stuff for cleaning Muzzleloaders.  Does just as good a job as anything else I have tried.  Not hazardous as some others stuff is and it is already around the garage, not something you have to keep special to clean guns.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2008, 05:28:46 AM »
Hot water and liquid soap don't seem to matter what kind. Ballistal work well for after clean up to oil. Rem oil or breakfree on the outside.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2008, 05:31:41 AM »
Plain water, hot, cold or tepid, perhaps with a few drops of detergent to cut the remnants of bullet lube. The corrosive residue of black powder is a salt and nothing dissolves salt like water. Many people seem to have the idea that the more complicated and expensive products must just naturally be the best, and others like to trumpet their own special concoction but no matter how many extraneous ingredients you may add to water it is still the water which does the work. Of course you have to completely dry and oil after cleaning but that is true of any of the wonder concoctions also.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2008, 09:00:21 AM »
Allright! Great info. Thanks to all for the "tips and tricks" I plan to load the Lee 255 gr. round flat nose cast dead soft lead. How about bullet lube? Got to be some opinions on that out there.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 11:12:46 AM »
I use HOT water and I also use a tight patch in the muzzle end. I normally fill it up with H2O from the tea pot and I let it sit while I clean my action and frame. After a few minutes I pour out the hot water with the help of am oven mitt and then I run a couple of dry patches through it and that plus the water temp help it try thoroughly.. I then run a patch with Balistol through and then I put it back together and return it to the front of the safe.
Your actual milage may vary.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2008, 04:48:07 AM »
Quote from: dinger on December 13, 2008, 09:00:21 AM
Allright! Great info. Thanks to all for the "tips and tricks" I plan to load the Lee 255 gr. round flat nose cast dead soft lead. How about bullet lube? Got to be some opinions on that out there.
But isn't that a pistol bullet? I believe those run .454" out of the mold and you need a bullet diameter of at least .458". I don't think that bullet will work too well. As for lube, black powder needs a softer and "wetter" lube than one would use for smokeless, "SPG" is one that comes to mind but there are probably others as good or better. I'd suggest you visit the blackpowder cartridge forum for more information.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2008, 03:58:27 PM »
If he has the carbine as stated it would be the correct bullet dia. I think you may have missed he mentioned carbine Joe, which is .45 colt. 8)
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2008, 04:00:45 AM »
You're right Bob, I did miss that. ::) that bullet should be fine in .45 Colt, I've shot a bunch of them myself.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2008, 03:38:43 AM »
When range shooting I always shoot a jacketed smokeless load as my last shot following BP cast lead.  Seems to leave the bore close to clean and clears any lead build-up.
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Re: black powder clean-up BC Classic/Carbine
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2008, 08:53:23 AM »
Steam cleaner ... I use one of these gizmos with a splash of Dawn dish washer soap in the water to clean all my BP firearms: revolvers - rifles and shotguns.  Then they are oiled with Eezox
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