plastic cleaners?
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44 Dave
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Brake cleaner, but it will also take off varnish.
rdstrain49
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Several years ago I talked to the guys at Hornady, I had bad plastic fouling while shooting their SST sabot. They advised that acetone was what they used to remove plastic fouling from the bore. Worked for me.
Panzerschwein
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Acetone is a great choice to remove the plastic fouling.
Curator
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Google: "ED's Red" home-made bore cleaner. Great for removing plastic fouling from muzzle loaders or shotguns. Leaves a rust-preventative behind. Roughly equal parts, acetone, kerosene, Automatic Trans fluid, Kerosene. Works with black powder, Pyro-Cr@p and other fake powders. Only down-side is not dribbling on your wood stock finishes.
J-Bar
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Ballistol diluted with water (1 part B to 10 W) removes plastic shotshell wad residue from shotgun barrels used to shoot blackpowder shotshells. Spray it in, slosh it around, let it soak for 15 minutes, wipe it out. Residue comes out of the shotgun barrel by pushing a tight fitting wad of paper towels through the bore. Regular patches should work for a muzzleloading rifle. No danger to wood finishes, either. If there is a lot of crud in there, you might have to do it a couple of times.
Everyone who shoots blackpowder should have a can of Ballistol!!
Everyone who shoots blackpowder should have a can of Ballistol!!
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Blackpowdershooter44
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I agree, Ballistol is great stuff
DD4lifeusmc
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why do you have plastic fouling? using those there new fangled bullets, that were never meant to be used in traditional Black powder guns anyway? they may work fine, but to me just a bunch of marketing hype selling you something you don't really need.
Personally I would throw them away ( ok ok I never used them never bought them)
But just use the proper pure lead projectile for your weapon, workup a good accurate load and bang away.
less cost, less trouble, and for me way more fun. And if you do your part, they will bring down any game animal you go after.
Personally I would throw them away ( ok ok I never used them never bought them)
But just use the proper pure lead projectile for your weapon, workup a good accurate load and bang away.
less cost, less trouble, and for me way more fun. And if you do your part, they will bring down any game animal you go after.
rdstrain49
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Windex w/ Vinegar does the same thing and a lot cheaper. I've used both, but I'm cheap.
J-Bar
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Yes, but vinegar removes bluing so be careful.
alsaqr
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Been shooting sabots since 1999. i've never seen plastic in a muzzleloader barrel in good condition. i've seen plastic in rusted neglected barrels.
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Good morning guys;
I've been thinking about using a spray bore cleaner called "Gun or Bore Scrubber". My intention is to use it to spray into the bore and patch dry when shooting at the range between cylinder reloading and to clean trigger and other internal parts when a total disassembling is not convenient or possible.
I've used it for years on my cartridge guns, but I've never used it on BP weapons, as this is my first BP gun.
I guess my question is will it work good enough on BP to avoid corrosion and clean the gunk caused from shooting BP like bore butter or Mobil 1 etc?
How do you guys do a quick clean job on your BP pistols. Break cleaner is cheep and readily available but this other product is made to clean guns and doesn't do harm to gun finishes.
I've been thinking about using a spray bore cleaner called "Gun or Bore Scrubber". My intention is to use it to spray into the bore and patch dry when shooting at the range between cylinder reloading and to clean trigger and other internal parts when a total disassembling is not convenient or possible.
I've used it for years on my cartridge guns, but I've never used it on BP weapons, as this is my first BP gun.
I guess my question is will it work good enough on BP to avoid corrosion and clean the gunk caused from shooting BP like bore butter or Mobil 1 etc?
How do you guys do a quick clean job on your BP pistols. Break cleaner is cheep and readily available but this other product is made to clean guns and doesn't do harm to gun finishes.
J-Bar
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You are addressing two different situations, and you are talking about about your percussion revolver while the rest of the thread was talking about a muzzleloading rifle. With that clarification, for a percussion revolver...
1. At the range: I don't do any cleaning at the range unless I can't get back home for a few days. Shooting 30 to 60 shots using real 2F blackpowder and pure lead balls with over the ball lube, I get no binding at the front of the cylinder, and no degradation of accuracy due to fouling in the barrel. If I can't get home within a few days to clean the revolver, I will spray aerosol Ballistol into the barrel, chambers, frame, and down into the lock at the hammer base with the hammer cocked back.
If you can't shoot as much as you want to without the revolver fouling up and binding, you need to reassess your projectile lube.
2. At home: Cleaning at home I use warm soapy water, followed by a light coat of Ballistol. Once a year I will take the grip frame off and scrub out the internals but by keeping the insides lubed with Ballistol, it probably is not necessary. Brake cleaner is effective but not required.
I have no experience with "Gun or Bore Scrubber". Hot water and Ballistol have worked for me for 20 years and I have no motivation to change.
entropy
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I've used Acetone for removing stubborn plastic from shotgun barrels for many years......should work on ML barrels, too.
Offthehook
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Windex with vinegar. The amount of vinegar is very low and does not have any effect on bluing. I use it all the time to clean my BP firearms. It dissolves powder residue instantly,and plastic fouling in a few minutes.
I shoot a lot of 12 ga BP shells using plastic wads. The barrels get quite a coating of plastic. I spray some windex in barrels and plug each end with a chunk of paper towel and let it sit for 15 min. Then just run the paper towels through with a cleaning rod. Perfectly clean with one pass. Then one patch with Ballistol. Done.
I shoot a lot of 12 ga BP shells using plastic wads. The barrels get quite a coating of plastic. I spray some windex in barrels and plug each end with a chunk of paper towel and let it sit for 15 min. Then just run the paper towels through with a cleaning rod. Perfectly clean with one pass. Then one patch with Ballistol. Done.
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