Video - Cleaning black powder cowboy guns

[duelist1954]

On my YouTube channel I've had a few requests to show how I clean black powder guns. This three part series shows my techniques.

I'm not saying this is the only way to clean black powder guns, nor am I saying it's the best way. All I'm saying is that it is my way. And this year marks my 40th year shooting B-P. This works for me.

Part 1: Cleaning products & shotgun cleaning
Part 2; Rifle cleaning
Part 3: Revolver cleaning


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzoGTazw2jg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmvYYDemxk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTh_97xRyc8

 

[mykeal]

Ballistol gets into the pores of the steel and preserves it?

Coats the steel, yes, but gets into the 'pores', I don't think so. I'm willing to be convinced if you have some evidence to show me, but I'm skeptical.

 

[duelist1954]

Hi Mykeal,

Here is the MSDS for Ballistol:

http://www.baileysonline.com/msds_sheets/PDFs/ballistol.PDF

Under Ballistol as a corrosion inhibitor it says,:

"...Due to its low surface tension, Ballistol is capable of creeping
into the smallest openings even against gravity. Accordingly, Ballistol provides not only passive but also active
protection against corrosion....

 

[mykeal]

Ok, thanks. I'm well aware of Ballistol's corrosion prevention capability. It's an excellent product; I use it on firearms and fishing gear with very good results. But I was hoping for some actual numbers, SEM data or something like that. I'll keep looking.

 

[YumaKid]

Very interesting stuff. I'd never realized how essential paper towels can be in gun cleaning. After "hearing" all about Ballistol on these pages, now I've seen it "in action" and will have to get some.

I, like my two brothers, am my father's son.... and as such, have had it pounded into me that I haven't really cleaned a weapon until I smell the Hoppe's #9 in the bore. I take everybody's word for it and don't attempt to clean the BP pistols with ol' #9; but I always 'look over my shoulder' to see if Dad's gonna smack me upside the head for this sacriledge. Maybe, with the application of Ballistol, I can find redemption when cleaning the Remmies.

OBTW; I've found lots of uses for lots of Trail's End popcorn tins in my years as a Scout leader; but now I have found a use for one more - pack it with cleaning patches!

Great vid, and thank you.

 

[Whacked]

interesting
I would think the water in the mix would aid rusting

 

[Foto Joe]

Ballistol is like NO other product on the market. They call it a Sportsman Oil but in reality this stuff is so much more. Squeaky hinges, soften leather, wood loves this stuff and it even repells children large and small. That last use you will have to actually smell it to fully understand that characteristic.

I guess I'm the only one out there who mixes his Moose Milk 1:1 with water. If you have a brass frame gun, you know how hard it is to get the soot and fouling off of brass, the stuff adhears like epoxy, but not if you've got a spray bottle of Ballistol mixed with water. Simply spray the frame with Moose Milk and let it sit for five minutes or so while you occupy yourself with the barrel or cylinder. Once the stuff soaks into the crud, you just wipe if off. Don't expect it to leave your brass nice and new in box shiny though.

Personally the best characteristic of Ballistol for me is that it's Non-Toxic, even if it doesn't smell like it.

 

[Pyro]

I'm cleaning my revolver right now. Letting it cool down from the oven.
Tomorrow I plan to chemically age the metal and give it a new "old" look.