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Post by esshup on Feb 17, 2019 15:07:56 GMT -5
I do not know anything about muzzleloaders but have always contemplated getting one. They are pretty much just like any other gun except how you load and clean it. Speaking of cleaning, make sure you clean it as soon as possible after shooting it. Black Powder and most substitutes are corrosive, and need to be removed from the barrel as soon as possible after ignition to prevent damage. Even my CVA manual warned about this despite the fact the barrel was made of stainless. In any case, the cleaning solution for black powder rifles differs from what you would use in smokeless powder guns. I use a cleaning solution made by Thompson Center but I hear you can use regular soap (dawn) and water. After cleaning, let it dry and then swab the barrel down on the inside with a good muzzleloader barrel wax to protect it. As far as loading is concerned, just make sure you don't exceed the maximum recommended powder load prescribed in the manual. BUT, if you shoot a Savage Muzzleloader or other specialty made muzzleloader that can shoot regular smokeless rifle powder, then the cleaning procedure is the same as for a center fire rifle. I shoot my Savage ML before season and don't clean it until season is done.
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Post by subzero350 on Feb 17, 2019 15:10:26 GMT -5
BUT, if you shoot a Savage Muzzleloader or other specialty made muzzleloader that can shoot regular smokeless rifle powder, then the cleaning procedure is the same as for a center fire rifle. I shoot my Savage ML before season and don't clean it until season is done. True!
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Post by butlerj on Feb 17, 2019 21:24:45 GMT -5
Where do you get the barrel wax from?
I cleaned my CVA inline with hot water and Dawn soap. Never had any wax...
Now you know why I've been wanting to replace it.
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Post by oldhoyt on Feb 18, 2019 7:09:53 GMT -5
T/C makes a product called bore butter. It has some wax in it.
I clean my Renegade with boiling hot water and a little dish soap. I flush the barrel with a cleaning jag and a moderately tight patch. Then I remove the nipple and clean it with a pick. Then I swab the barrel with dry patches until dry and let it stand for a minute. Then I run a patch with rubbing alcohol on it down the barrel and then a dry patch to make sure it's dry. Then I run a patch with a very light oil for storage. I don't reinstall the nipple. Before hunting I run another alcohol patch and a dry patch to remove the oil. Then install the nipple and load for hunting. I don't fire caps before loading. They can leave a residue that attracts moisture.
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Post by subzero350 on Feb 18, 2019 12:24:32 GMT -5
T/C makes a product called bore butter. It has some wax in it. ^^^ This is what I use.
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Post by featherduster on Feb 18, 2019 16:40:27 GMT -5
Our Wal-Mart has all it's food plot seeds greatly discounted such as biologic Mossy Oak deer food plot seed.
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Post by esshup on Feb 18, 2019 17:21:19 GMT -5
Our Wal-Mart has all it's food plot seeds greatly discounted such as biologic Mossy Oak deer food plot seed. Thanks! I'll have to go look. I have all the summer food plot seed I'll need this year, I want to stock up on Fall food plot seed, enough for 2-3 acres.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 18, 2019 17:39:02 GMT -5
I did not see any food plot seed at the Newburgh store today. They did have the 10 megapixel Tasco trail camera but they had it at full price. I showed them the Brickseek where it showed the one in Evansville at $19 but they said "sorry"..
They did pay me to take some buck lure. Golden Estrus was $4 with a $5 rebate. Tinks #69 was $1.50 with a $3 rebate.. I bought several...
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