Soap and water vs Solvent

[Joe Sullivan]

I've come full circle :surrender: Soap and water is the beauty way to go. I'll admit that it's easiest and fastest way to clean blackpowder firearms. There....I said it.

 

[ncmtmike]

:applause:

 

[Zonie]

:thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

Only way I've ever done it an thats been 35yrs now

 

[pargent]

:applause: :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[Greg Blackburn]

It works for me. My 1994 Bobcat looks nearly new and at least 200 rounds have been through it.

Greg

 

[Stumpkiller]

And you don't need much soap. :wink:

 

[pargent]

Just have to be carefull not to get any soap onto your hands or cloths :haha:

 

[BullRunBear]

Absolutely right! I've used only water and a little Simple Green for decades. (The Simple Green probably isn't needed.) No rust on any of my BP guns. Cheap and effective. Hurrah!

Jeff

 

[SgtSchutzen]

Back when I first started shooting black powder guns I tried alot of the different solvents that were on the market. What I found out was that none of them worked any better, and they all cost alot more than plain old soap and water.

Soap and water for me

 

[Zonie]

IMO, the soap is only useful if the gun was fired with greased or oily patches.

These leave traces of their oil on the fouling that can reduce the ability of the water to dissolve the fouling. The soap cuts thru these oils and greases so the fouling is washed away.

If the gun was shot only with spit patches, plain water would clean the fouling up just fine.

 

[pargent]

It would be a safe bet that quite a large number of us have done the full circle :thumbsup:

 

[ericb]

Water - Wasser - H2O

Have yet to ever see anything better....

 

[Rat Trapper]

Now the guys who insist on playing with Blackhorn 209 powder have to use a special solvent. since I hate that powder and the expense, I just use soap and water most of the time. It's fast and cheap.

 

[BrianL]

Just water, room temperature, followed by WD40. :thumbsup:

 

[Rifleman1776]

I've come full circle :surrender: Soap and water is the beauty way to go. I'll admit that it's easiest and fastest way to clean blackpowder firearms. There....I said it.

No, no, no. Yer supposed to do it just like the real Mountain Men did. A mixture of Murphy's Oil Soap, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, Hoppe's, Ballistol, WD-40 and anything else that comes in a plastic bottle from Wal-Mart. :rotf:

 

[Bill Hall]

I've come full circle :surrender: Soap and water is the beauty way to go. I'll admit that it's easiest and fastest way to clean blackpowder firearms. There....I said it.

No, no, no. Yer supposed to do it just like the real Mountain Men did. A mixture of Murphy's Oil Soap, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, Hoppe's, Ballistol, WD-40 and anything else that comes in a plastic bottle from Wal-Mart. :rotf:

They didn't have Walmarts back in those days. The real mountain men had to go to K-mart, silly. Bill

 

[Billnpatti]

Congratulations ! You have grown in wisdom. :applause:

 

[Joe Sullivan]

I'm still using tranny fluid for oil though. :wink:

 

[oletymepreacher]

Hot water, soap for cleaning. Tranny fluid for oiling a clean barrel.