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RD4570
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Cleaning

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What’s the best cleaner for these guns? I’m shooting Swiss and grease groove bullets in a 45-70. Thanks
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Soapy water.

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Soapy water.

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And Gunzilla if you have any lead in the bore. I use both on all my black powder guns, muzzle loader or cartridge.
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Windex with vinegar works very well in cleaning up my BPCRs.
follow it with 99% Isoalcohol (rubbing alcohol) to dry,
then oil, usually olive oil between matches, or RIG, etc for storage off season
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PS, No lead in bore re. Paper Patching now
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Friend of mine that shoots a flintlock uses windshield washer fluid.
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Windex multi-surface with vinegar.
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Simple Green.
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Water with a splash of Murphy's Oil Soap (probably lots of soaps will work); dry patch; patch saturated with a good moisture-displacing oil (I've not found anything better than Eezox). Before the next shooting session, wipe the chamber dry, but not the barrel--in many years doing this, I've only had any leading in one rifle, with a Sagebrush Money bullet, and then only when I wiped all the excess lube off the front of the bullet.

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I just use water with about 10% Ballistol. Sometimes I use a bore brush. For oiling I just use straight Ballistol.
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water with a splash of dawn, cut patches, put them in a freezer bag. wet and squish them around. put in kit. done.
I cut my own patches with cotton felt bought at the fabric store. ez and cheap.
I wet, 1 dry between shots.


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My cleaning solution is my wiping solution: 1 part Murphy's Oil soap, 1 part Ballistol, 10 parts water,, dry patch bore, Eezox bore. Wipe chamber dry before next firing. I leave Eezox in the bore and fire my PPB's across it, first shot hits POA same as the next

I agree with Clarence on Eezox.
Clarence wrote:Water with a splash of Murphy's Oil Soap (probably lots of soaps will work); dry patch; patch saturated with a good moisture-displacing oil (I've not found anything better than Eezox). Before the next shooting session, Clarence
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beltfed wrote:Windex with vinegar works very well in cleaning up my BPCRs.
follow it with 99% Isoalcohol (rubbing alcohol) to dry,
then oil, usually olive oil between matches, or RIG, etc for storage off season
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I agree with the Windex/Vinegar mix, it really tears down the Black powder. Very good on
flintlock.
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