20 minutes of actual shooting, 3 hours of cleaning

[1KPerDay]

But what a fun 20 minutes they were!

I enlisted my 7-year-old to help me turn screws and wipe parts down. This kid is great with mechanical stuff. I caught him mid blink but you can see he's happy.

 

[troy fairweather]

looks like fun for him, next time just pull the grips and soak it very hot soapy water.

 

[drobs]

Being able to shoot off my back porch, I'll shoot everyday for 3 to 5 days, and clean on the 6th or 7th day.

 

[Armored farmer]

^^^I've been known to do that too^^^
BP is the discipline for those that are dedicated gun lovers that can mess with their guns all afternoon and fire 25 shots.

But what a fun 20 minutes they were!

I enlisted my 7-year-old to help me turn screws and wipe parts down. This kid is great with mechanical stuff. I caught him mid blink but you can see he's happy.

I'm gonna get my 58s out and shoot @lionkings old west challenge... maybe today.

 

[woodnbow]

But what a fun 20 minutes they were!

I enlisted my 7-year-old to help me turn screws and wipe parts down. This kid is great with mechanical stuff. I caught him mid blink but you can see he's happy.

He’s hanging out with and helping his hero! Heck yeah he’s happy! Great job dad!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

He’s hanging out with and helping his hero! Heck yeah he’s happy! Great job dad!

He'll be bigger, and older, and find other things "more important" soon enough..., as I well know..., so spend such time often, and spend it well.

So far...well done!

LD

 

[Mike OTDP]

Still, if it's taking 3 hours, it's taking at least six times as long as it should. A revolver can be cleaned out in ~20 minutes.

For a Colt...
1. Remove barrel and cylinder.
2. Remove nipples. Scrub nipples with brush, put into a cup of cleaning solution (I use diluted Simple Green).
3. Brush down back of cylinder, run a solvent-soaked patch into each chamber and turn it. Put cylinder into cup of cleaning solution with nipples.
4. Rinse barrel from breech end. Clean from breech end. Dry and oil.
5. Wipe down frame, arbor, and hammer. You'll have to detail-strip annually, but this will do for normal use. Dry and oil.
6. Remove cylinder. Rinse. Run a solvent-soaked patch into each cylinder, turn. Dry and oil.
7. Dry nipples, oil and put in cylinder.
8. Reassemble gun.

 

[entropy]

A 7 year old makes it a longer time, but well worth it in the long run. Mine was 10 when he fired my Traditions Hawken for the first time, (with a reduced load) and he learned to clean it, too. He took up Muzzleloader hunting deer the same year he started with shotgun. (It was shotgun/ML/pistol in this part of WI back then.)

 

[44 Dave]

Still, if it's taking 3 hours, it's taking at least six times as long as it should. A revolver can be cleaned out in ~20 minutes.

For a Colt...
1. Remove barrel and cylinder.
2. Remove nipples. Scrub nipples with brush, put into a cup of cleaning solution (I use diluted Simple Green).
3. Brush down back of cylinder, run a solvent-soaked patch into each chamber and turn it. Put cylinder into cup of cleaning solution with nipples.
4. Rinse barrel from breech end. Clean from breech end. Dry and oil.
5. Wipe down frame, arbor, and hammer. You'll have to detail-strip annually, but this will do for normal use. Dry and oil.
6. Remove cylinder. Rinse. Run a solvent-soaked patch into each cylinder, turn. Dry and oil.
7. Dry nipples, oil and put in cylinder.
8. Reassemble gun.

That is the way I do it also but use my air compressor to dry the cylinder and have anti seize on the nipple threads and only occasionally remove them.

 

[Armored farmer]

That is the way I do it also but use my air compressor to dry the cylinder and have anti seize on the nipple threads and only occasionally remove them.

Yes the air compressor is a good thing for the BP shooter.

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

No need to completely disassemble the action on a Colt style pistol but once in a blue moon but still fun times with the kiddo.

 

[44 Dave]

Yes the air compressor is a good thing for the BP shooter.

Saves on snapping (wasting) caps to clear the nipples too.

 

[1KPerDay]

No need to completely disassemble the action on a Colt style pistol but once in a blue moon but still fun times with the kiddo.

Well I don't shoot these but once in a blue moon and I didn't want any fouling sitting in there working for a year. If I were shooting them weekly I'd leave the frame guts intact as suggested. I have 10 or 11 replicas to rotate through and they're expensive and time consuming to shoot.

Lots of fun though! I will hopefully shoot them more often now; get them properly sighted in, etc.

 

[BullRunBear]

Great story. Thanks for sharing that good time. And the photo of your little boy with that smile and holding the clean revolver just made my day.
Jeff

 

[BSA1]

Ballistol.

There is no reason to totally disassemble your B/P guns. A squirt of Ballistol will keep everything rust free and any fouling soft.

 

[jeepnik]

Remove grips place vertically barrel down in lower rack of dishwasher. Lube after the dry cycle.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

But what a fun 20 minutes they were!

I enlisted my 7-year-old to help me turn screws and wipe parts down. This kid is great with mechanical stuff. I caught him mid blink but you can see he's happy.

Working, learning and shooting, as much fun as any kid could wish for.

 

[Fine Figure of a Man]

Remove grips place vertically barrel down in lower rack of dishwasher. Lube after the dry cycle.

Jeepnik wins this months "why the H didn't I think of that" award.

 

[Mike OTDP]

I tried the dishwasher business...once. Then scrubbed the rust off the still-dirty gun and cleaned it properly.

 

[1KPerDay]

Ballistol.

There is no reason to totally disassemble your B/P guns. A squirt of Ballistol will keep everything rust free and any fouling soft.

kay thanks

 

[44 Dave]

As I posted earlier (#9) doesn't take that long to clean the powder fouling, but there is that quality I spend with my loved ones going over them on a regular basis even if they weren't recently fired.

 

[whughett]

Yes the air compressor is a good thing for the BP shooter.

And after blasting dry the barrel, cylinder and frame, with 80 psi air, I squirt Ballistol into every opening in the frame, hand, bolt, trigger and hammer, turn the pressure down to 25 psi and blow out any excess Ballistol.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Still, if it's taking 3 hours, it's taking at least six times as long as it should. A revolver can be cleaned out in ~20 minutes.

For a Colt...
1. Remove barrel and cylinder.
2. Remove nipples. Scrub nipples with brush, put into a cup of cleaning solution (I use diluted Simple Green).
3. Brush down back of cylinder, run a solvent-soaked patch into each chamber and turn it. Put cylinder into cup of cleaning solution with nipples.
4. Rinse barrel from breech end. Clean from breech end. Dry and oil.
5. Wipe down frame, arbor, and hammer. You'll have to detail-strip annually, but this will do for normal use. Dry and oil.
6. Remove cylinder. Rinse. Run a solvent-soaked patch into each cylinder, turn. Dry and oil.
7. Dry nipples, oil and put in cylinder.
8. Reassemble gun.

Remember a child is involved. Dad can do it much faster but himself. Teaching and allowing to learn take time.

 

[Armored farmer]

I think it's a relaxing labor of love