Cleaning muzzleloader with normal gun oil/solvent?

[Pete112288]

So I let my dad shoot my muzzy the other day to see how he might like it. He has always been modern only. I had to head to work so he said he would take care of cleaning it. Come to find out he used a couple of the things we have for cleaning our other rifles. Rem Oil, and one other gun oil/solvent that he had laying around. I havent had a chance to check it out as I live in an apartment in town now and keep my safe at his place. Should I be worried about this? This year has been my first in the muzzy world and I am shooting tripple 7. Everything says just hot soapy water and make sure to dry it well. Can these solvents and oils do anything bad to this gun? Do I just need to scour the gun before I load it next? Not sure about what to do. Thank ya

[washelkhunter]

It will be fine.

[Jimmy33]

The biggest problem that i have had with muzzleloaders is rust. Make sure it is dry and lightly oiled before storage. The kind of solvent shouldnt be an issue. I got a tip from a guy on here...pretty simple but a great tip. He stores his gun barrel down with a cloth under it. This way all of the oil drains and collects on the cloth. Keeps the firing area dry and clear of excess oil.

[dscubame]

Oil does not go near my muzzleloader.  20 years and no issues.  Took it into the gunsmith last year to have a little tweak taken care of where the fore stock was pressing on the barrel and he gave the inside of the barrel a clean bill of health.

[chef bama]

The petroleum stuff makes a different carbon that is harder to remove (if you keep applying it and get it hot over a long period of time).  Backwoodsman mag had an article where a granny with a .30 cal ML said "bear fat or beef tallow or sweet oil [olive] an' nuthin' else ever!"

John Keast Lord, the quartermaster for the surveying of the US/Canada border here in the NW, recommended turpentine.

[bobcat]

http://www.chuckhawks.com/clean_muzzleloader.htm


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[Pete112288]

Thanks everyone. I may have jumped the gun on worrying about it but better to be safe than sorry when I am new to it.

[barracuda163]

Plain old windex with ammonia is what I use and lightly oil when clean. Fast and efficient.

[Heredoggydoggy]

A guy I know that shoots a lot of black powder in Cowboy Action shoots says Ballistol does the best job of cutting the black powder fouling.  Other gun cleaning products not so good.  I always cleaned my black powder guns with hot soapy water, hot water rinse, and a generous amount of WD-40 in the bore to displace any water that gets in the crevices.  I store my rifles butt down, and put a patch between the hammer and nipple to soak up anything that collects in the barrel/breech area.  Or I snap a few caps if I'm going to use the gun right away.

[Forrestrover.02]

I always use Rem Oil on my TC Black Diamond.