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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: splitshot on December 09, 2014, 07:58:48 AM

Title: cleaning muzzy
Post by: splitshot on December 09, 2014, 07:58:48 AM: season got over last nite and had to shoot the muzzy to empty it. now I need to clean it. heard window cleaner works well. anything to the myth. thanks, mike w
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: Skillet on December 09, 2014, 08:04:48 AM: Haven't heard about that one. I clean with Knight solvent, then warm soapy water, dry well and oil thoroughly. Just my :twocents:
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: CP on December 09, 2014, 08:08:05 AM: Window cleaner works, hot water and soap works better.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: superdown on December 09, 2014, 08:31:29 AM: I have been cleaning my knight bighorn for the last five years or so the same exact way i clean my modern rifles.I also use silver anti seize on the bolt threads and breach plug threads then finally spray a little automotive rust inhibitor down the bore and put it away for the year. :tup:
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: MountainDevil54 on December 09, 2014, 08:56:08 AM: BP - Pyrodex - T7 - American Pioneer = Warm soapy water, dry patch it, a heavily soaked patch of alcohol, dry patch it and then use your favorite rust protection oil.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: Sabotloader on December 09, 2014, 03:01:58 PM: Quote from: splitshot on December 09, 2014, 07:58:48 AM
season got over last nite and had to shoot the muzzy to empty it. now I need to clean it. heard window cleaner works well. anything to the myth. thanks, mike w

Regular blue Windex works great!

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Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: buglebuster on December 09, 2014, 03:24:16 PM: I use a .50 cal bore snake works very well. Then to hot soapy water in the bathtub and a small brush to clean threads in breach plug. I then dry off and use parts cleaner to dry everything up. After that I use remington oil on everything. I don't store mine with the breech plug or nipple in the gun I oil them separate and sit in the gun safe on a rag.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: Remnar on December 09, 2014, 03:27:15 PM: I use automotive windshield wiper fluid . Which is probably similar to windex . I like it better than using soapy water . Just my :twocents:
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: Chukarhead on December 10, 2014, 08:06:13 PM: Quote from: Remnar on December 09, 2014, 03:27:15 PM
I use automotive windshield wiper fluid . Which is probably similar to windex . I like it better than using soapy water . Just my :twocents:

Nope, not similar. Not saying it won't work, but Windex's primary active ingredient is ammonia; auto windshield wiper fluid usually has detergents and alcohol (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol), or ethylene glycol (anti-freeze).
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 10, 2014, 09:19:29 PM: dish soap and hot water has worked very well for me, i shoot triple 7.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: T-Bone on December 13, 2014, 07:04:51 AM: I've used EXTRA HOT soapy water, followed by dry patches and then T/C Bore Butter on a patch and then on the exposed metal for decades now; with ZERO corrosion.

The main commandment with a muzzleloader is to stay away from any modern gun lubricants with petroleum distillates. Black powder or black powder substitutes react with petroleum distillates and cause corrosion; use Bore Butter or similar products. Also, BP firearms need to be cleaned ASAP after shooting or once again, you will be fighting corrosion.

Tom
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: ghosthunter on December 13, 2014, 08:07:31 AM: Quote from: T-Bone on December 13, 2014, 07:04:51 AM
I've used EXTRA HOT soapy water, followed by dry patches and then T/C Bore Butter on a patch and then on the exposed metal for decades now; with ZERO corrosion.

The main commandment with a muzzleloader is to stay away from any modern gun lubricants with petroleum distillates. Black powder or black powder substitutes react with petroleum distillates and cause corrosion; use Bore Butter or similar products. Also, BP firearms need to be cleaned ASAP after shooting or once again, you will be fighting corrosion.

Tom

:yeah:
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: PolarBear on December 13, 2014, 08:19:15 AM: Hot soapy water, brush, a couple of wet, a couple of dry patches, blow it dry with my air compressor then coat everything in real whale oil.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 13, 2014, 08:28:22 AM: where does one get real whale oil
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: PolarBear on December 13, 2014, 09:42:00 AM: I got it from a friend of mine who does a lot of those mountain man muzzy shoots. I think that he trades handmade powder horns for it.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: T-Bone on December 14, 2014, 07:33:48 AM: Quote from: Skyvalhunter on December 13, 2014, 08:28:22 AM
where does one get real whale oil

I believe you can get it from Dixie Gunworks, as well.
Title: Re: cleaning muzzy
Post by: trophyhunt on December 14, 2014, 08:20:35 AM: Quote from: ghosthunter on December 13, 2014, 08:07:31 AM
Quote from: T-Bone on December 13, 2014, 07:04:51 AM
I've used EXTRA HOT soapy water, followed by dry patches and then T/C Bore Butter on a patch and then on the exposed metal for decades now; with ZERO corrosion.

The main commandment with a muzzleloader is to stay away from any modern gun lubricants with petroleum distillates. Black powder or black powder substitutes react with petroleum distillates and cause corrosion; use Bore Butter or similar products. Also, BP firearms need to be cleaned ASAP after shooting or once again, you will be fighting corrosion.

Tom

:yeah:
:yeah:x2, I also stick my smaller non plastic pieces in the oven on warm, it dries them out completely. No corrosion and I've had the gun for at least 10 years.