Cant ever seem to find it on their website. Dixie Gun works is a 3 oz package, which is quite a bit. does not weigh much
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A gill is only 4 ounces, that's not enough water to remove the salts and you didn't mention any rinsing. Also, near boiling water is too hot unless your cleaning in below freezing weather. And don't let water sit in the barrel. Water is a solvent, but its also a reagent turning salts into acids.
A tiny bit of soap (like Murphey's) added to the water will aid in cleaning and help adjust the PH.
I always use alcohol to aid in drying.
For rust prevention I use an aerosol product for coverage. Usually G96 .
Le Loup
32 Cal.
Le Loup
32 Cal.
DaveC
32 Cal.
Thank you gentlemen. Lots of recommendations to ponder. Jas. Townshend & Sons used to sell a bag of flax tow, but it was all combed and fancy.
I have a friend who is a master weaver, and she gave me a lot of her unused flax tow from her spinning flax thread.
I should start another post I think about salvaging an abused, long-neglected smooth-bore? If so, then the moderators can move this or take it down...
I just acquired a second hand flintlock musket. A guy sold it on consignment. The consignee must have been a French and Indian War re-enactor. He started with a "Charlersoli Mle. 1766 leger" and modified the stock, stock fittings, cock, and sling attachments to make it resemble a Mle. 1728/46 for Seven Years' War impressions or whatever.
I acquired the musket from the seller in completely uncleaned condition, although externally it looked "just like in the pictures." I used the alcohol as drying step on the battery/steel/hammer, cleaned the flint, adjusted it in the cock, swept out the pan, but then discovered that the bore had been long neglected.
It was so bad, I started first with 12-ga. cotton patches with a tight fitting jag and Windex. Eventually, after pulling lots of filth and fouling and rusty crud, I switched to a Simple Green solution. I then decided to flush out the fouling with H20. So I used a bunch of hot water (I'll try normal "room temperature water" like some of you all do...)
I flushed the barrel with hot water until the rusty water was at the very end, while the initial pour off was clear (I'm sure the rust sank). Then I got some copper wool and cut it to patch-sized lengths and scrubbed the interior of the bore. The idea was to scrub out any active rust. The jag is so tight, however, that only a few strands of the copper wool actually contacted the barrel, I think. At any rate, I then ran several dry patches down the bore. After that, I used some WD-40 followed by additional dry patches. Finally, I put some petro-chemical modern gun oil in the bore, and stored it muzzle down while I tried to sleep. This morning, I gave it a treatment of oiled patch, J-B bore paste, oiled patch, J-B bore past, oiled patch, several dry patches. There are still orange/brownish "rings" on the patches, but the sheer volume of junk is greatly diminished from the initial Windex patches yesterday...
Obviously, the bore is toast. Still, it is a smooth-bore, so my hope is that it will not be as big a deal. What concerns me is whether there might be pits that could retain fouling such that smouldering junk could cause a safety issue when a new charge is poured down the barrel (seen that happen).
I have a friend who is a master weaver, and she gave me a lot of her unused flax tow from her spinning flax thread.
I should start another post I think about salvaging an abused, long-neglected smooth-bore? If so, then the moderators can move this or take it down...
I just acquired a second hand flintlock musket. A guy sold it on consignment. The consignee must have been a French and Indian War re-enactor. He started with a "Charlersoli Mle. 1766 leger" and modified the stock, stock fittings, cock, and sling attachments to make it resemble a Mle. 1728/46 for Seven Years' War impressions or whatever.
I acquired the musket from the seller in completely uncleaned condition, although externally it looked "just like in the pictures." I used the alcohol as drying step on the battery/steel/hammer, cleaned the flint, adjusted it in the cock, swept out the pan, but then discovered that the bore had been long neglected.
It was so bad, I started first with 12-ga. cotton patches with a tight fitting jag and Windex. Eventually, after pulling lots of filth and fouling and rusty crud, I switched to a Simple Green solution. I then decided to flush out the fouling with H20. So I used a bunch of hot water (I'll try normal "room temperature water" like some of you all do...)
I flushed the barrel with hot water until the rusty water was at the very end, while the initial pour off was clear (I'm sure the rust sank). Then I got some copper wool and cut it to patch-sized lengths and scrubbed the interior of the bore. The idea was to scrub out any active rust. The jag is so tight, however, that only a few strands of the copper wool actually contacted the barrel, I think. At any rate, I then ran several dry patches down the bore. After that, I used some WD-40 followed by additional dry patches. Finally, I put some petro-chemical modern gun oil in the bore, and stored it muzzle down while I tried to sleep. This morning, I gave it a treatment of oiled patch, J-B bore paste, oiled patch, J-B bore past, oiled patch, several dry patches. There are still orange/brownish "rings" on the patches, but the sheer volume of junk is greatly diminished from the initial Windex patches yesterday...
Obviously, the bore is toast. Still, it is a smooth-bore, so my hope is that it will not be as big a deal. What concerns me is whether there might be pits that could retain fouling such that smouldering junk could cause a safety issue when a new charge is poured down the barrel (seen that happen).
inthex
40 Cal.
For me it's cool water (hot water causes flash rust) until the patches come out clean, then dry the bore with a couple more patches, then 91% alcohol, then gun oil, then forget it till I get another chance to shoot.
inthex
40 Cal.
I may be going for the gold medal in the crazy event but, when going for an aged look on the barrel and lock I first rusted everything. Then applied 44/40 instant blue and rubbed it back to my liking with steel wool. Now I just clean and oil. No rust. Of course this won't do anything about the pits but might help get rid of the rust.
Artie Peltier
40 Cal.
Couldn’t find it on track maybe someone has the item number. On eBay it’s 20.99 per pound. Smaller amounts available
Cruzatte
50 Cal.
I guess Track Of the Wolf doesn't have it. I couldn't find it there either. Townsend's does, however have it for sale at $5.50 for a 4 oz. bag. Four ounces of tow is a fairly large amount.
