Cleaning Ml's
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Cleaning Ml's
I have been using the cva products to clean my ml's, and have found that i am getting corrosion from these products. I talked to a buddy of mine who hunts in w. va. and he says he uses hoppes and oil, and cleans em just like his other guns. is this going to clean all the fouling out of my ml's, or do i need to continue using the cva stuff that is aggravating me. I am very meticulous about my firearms.
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Re: Cleaning Ml's
If you want to get your m/l really clean, use hot soapy water. Put the breech end (with plug in it) in a shallow pan.Run a patched ramrod up and down and it will draw the hot soapy water up in the barrel. You will be baffled how much crap will come out, If you are storing the gun after that, then oil the crap out of it with a good gun oil on a patch. If you are hunting after cleaning it, oil inside barrel then run several dry patches down the barrel. You can also run a patch with windex on it before oiling to get any soap residue out of it
For normal cleaning, I use the premoistened patches(they come in a tub of like 100, and have a cleaning agent in them). I believe they are made by t/c. Several of those until they come out clean, a few dry patches, then an oil patch followed by more dry patches. Inside my barrel looks like a mirror
For normal cleaning, I use the premoistened patches(they come in a tub of like 100, and have a cleaning agent in them). I believe they are made by t/c. Several of those until they come out clean, a few dry patches, then an oil patch followed by more dry patches. Inside my barrel looks like a mirror
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Great advice! Thanks.
Re: Cleaning Ml's
Use the Hoppes oil, it's great. I used to use the Remington oil, was not happy with it.
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I use the prewet pads that allen uses. But for some reason when i crack my barrel down to get to the plug that whole pivot section is so rusted, only that section tho. Cant figure it out.
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a tip for those of you with deep pockets and short arms like me, if you use a canned spray type oil and I like break free. after it's done spraying theres at least 2-3 oz left in a 10-12 oz can. with safety glasses press down on the spray tube to release as much pressure as possible, then pull out the plastic stem with pliars, with a small sharp drill bit drill a hole tru the top and bottom and collect the oil in a btl with a funnel and apply to guns with a q-tip or cleaning patch. the liquid seems to go further than the spray.
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like Neil Young says rust never sleeps, especialy with black powder and it's substitutes.
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I keep mine oiled up all the time.
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I'm sure you do. you should put some on your rifle now and again also.
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I oil the inside of barrel heavy at end of season cleaning. You can clean all that out before season starts
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Yea I use bore butter also,
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C, no joking, it sounds like your bore is good but the hinge joint is a hard to get to place. if you can, the hot soapy water method works good, the hotter the water the better and plain dish soap. when the metal gets hot the water will dry and then soak oil into the nooks and cranny's. if it's that bad you may need to dissasemble and use solvent/bronze brush/steel wool. once it's established rust and pitting can be an ongoing pia.
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Yea I think I have to take it apart. It's like that part was not coated right cause its the entire part nothing else.
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Re: Cleaning Ml's
I know you are shooting the shockwaves. How are you cleaning after each shot?Iluv2hunt wrote:I oil the inside of barrel heavy at end of season cleaning. You can clean all that out before season starts
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Re: Cleaning Ml's
Anyone using a bore snake to clean their muzzleloader?
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