A good way to clean black powder guns.

[smo]

I don't know or care what C Clyde uses but I will say plain old water is about the best thing to clean the fouling out of a black powder gun as you'll find.

The only thing I can think of that works better is spit.
Nothing Scientific but spit seems to cut fouling better than water for me .... yea, i know spits just water.

I like to use Birchwood Casey Barricade as a final coating in my guns bores.

It drys to a very protective, very thin coat that keeps rust away.[/quote]

It’s hard to beat , I pulled some perc. guns out of the safe that hadn’t been touched since 08 or 09.

They looked as good as the day I put them away. :wink:

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Hear, hear ... to the Zonie method. That’s my BP cleaning regimen too!

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

That "burned on carbon" referenced several times above is also known as "seasoning" to some of us. It sharply reduces fouling between shots. Why would anyone want to remove it?

 

[Grenadier1758]

That "seasoning" will fill the grooves and accuracy will be reduced.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

That "seasoning" will fill the grooves and accuracy will be reduced.

Hasn't been my experience, but to each his own....

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Dale Allen Raby, that's probably because you cleaned out all that burned grease and fouling that is called "seasoning" before you applied the Bore Butter to your free of "seasoning" bore. Since it's working for you, continue on.