Author Topic: cleaning the omega (Read 814 times)

lerjfin · « **on:** March 29, 2004, 11:39:33 AM »

i shoot t7 loose fffg, (should probably drop back to ffg), with powerbelts. currently im using t/c #13 and thats it. ive heard from some i should use the t/c bore butter after cleaning. they say the bore butter will help season the barrel after firing to help prevent corrosion. Is this true? Should i use it anyway?

RandyWakeman · « **Reply #1 on:** March 29, 2004, 11:44:42 AM »

Quote from: lerjfin

they say the bore butter will help season the barrel after firing to help prevent corrosion. Is this true? Should i use it anyway?

No, and no.

sduve · « **Reply #2 on:** March 29, 2004, 02:39:18 PM »

Here we go again...then what should he use?

RandyWakeman · « **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2004, 04:08:02 PM »

Any good bore protectant-- it is the same metal as most centerfires.

I personally use Breakfree CLP, but there are several protectants (RemOil, etc.) that do good job.

brramer · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2004, 02:40:04 AM »

my T/C handbook says to use the bore butter for storage. I would think any kind of gun oil would work. Am I wrong to assume all we are doing is preventing rust in the barrel?

Bruce

Wolfhound · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2004, 03:46:27 AM »

Quote from: lerjfin

i shoot t7 loose fffg, (should probably drop back to ffg), with powerbelts. currently im using t/c #13 and thats it. ive heard from some i should use the t/c bore butter after cleaning. they say the bore butter will help season the barrel after firing to help prevent corrosion. Is this true? Should i use it anyway?

T/C Borebutter is nothing but rendered animal fat with food coloring and a pleasant scent added to it. I made the mistake of using it in my first muzzleloader. It didn't take long before I was getting rust flakes when cleaning it. It wasn't bad, just surface rusting, but it convinced me borebutter is worthless exept as a patch lube.

Quote from: brramer

my T/C handbook says to use the bore butter for storage. I would think any kind of gun oil would work. Am I wrong to assume all we are doing is preventing rust in the barrel?

That's all bb is supposed to do. It doesn't, but since it's a high profit item it remains in the manual. Use a good gun oil to protect your bore then just clean it out before hunting or shooting. A couple solvent patches after you snap caps and follow the solvent patches with dry ones is all you need to do to remove the oil.

big6x6 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2004, 03:55:09 AM »

Avoid the Bore Butter. Most of us have tried it ONCE! Any of the better gun lubes/oils are are the way to go. Break Free, Shooters Choice, and Butch's make good products.

lerjfin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:09:10 AM »

Quote from: big6x6

Avoid the Bore Butter. Most of us have tried it ONCE! Any of the better gun lubes/oils are are the way to go. Break Free, Shooters Choice, and Butch's make good products.

what do you guys use to remove copper fowling? have you used a product called gun scrubber? i heard this takes the barrel back to raw metal.

RandyWakeman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:11:34 AM »

I've had a problem with copper fouling in a muzzleloader. Anyone?

Wolfhound · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:15:44 AM »

Probably any regular solvent that deals with copper fouling would work. I've not had any copper problems. Now plastic on the other hand... I've got that figured out though.

lerjfin · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:33:19 AM »

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Probably any regular solvent that deals with copper fouling would work. I've not had any copper problems. Now plastic on the other hand... I've got that figured out though.

ok, you suckered me in to asking the question. What do you do for the plastic?
Do you shoot the powerbelts? If so, they are copper clad, does the copper not build up to a point that it needs to be removed?

Wolfhound · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:42:56 AM »

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ok, you suckered me in to asking the question. What do you do for the plastic?
Do you shoot the powerbelts? If so, they are copper clad, does the copper not build up to a point that it needs to be removed?

Any good solvent that deals with plastic of course. :wink: I follow with a bore brush.

I don't shoot powerbelts or any conical for that matter exept for the first shots through any new muzzleloader. I'll shoot a package of powebelts or any pure lead conical through a new gun to break in the rifling some. I think it's really important when shooting sabots.

RandyWakeman · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2004, 04:56:38 AM »

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Do you shoot the powerbelts? If so, they are copper clad, does the copper not build up to a point that it needs to be removed?

It's not an issue after 1000s of shots. For sabots, Brownells shotshell wad cleaner is used sporadically; but today's sabots are getting so good that that really isn't a major issue either.