cleaning my gun

[chuckrudy]

How does everyone clean their muzzleloader?  I have a Thompson encore and after I clean the barrel it is hard for me to load the gun.  Iam wondering how you all clean your muzzleloader.

[hunts2long]

If I am going to be using it again soon, I run a patch with a light coating of bore butter on it though the barrel. If it is going to be put away for some time, then I use more bore butter and wipe it out before next use...hunts2long

[myemmy]

Doug. Is it over? ..?.
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[Buckwild]

This is what I use on CVA optima musket. I unscrew the breach plug. Run a patch soaked with bore cleaner down the barrel. Then I use the bore butter. I put the anti seize lubricant on the threads of the plug and screw back in.

[NorthvilleNewbie]

I hate cleaning muzzleloaders, period.

Makes me wonder how much a pain in the butt it was during the 18th century colonial frontiersmen and soldiers.

[Otto]

The instructions for my TC say to use hot soapy water to clean the barrel.  Then you put the bore butter on a patch and run it through the barrel.  I use the anti seize  on the breech plug.  I put some bore butter on each bullet before pushing it down it makes it a lot easier to load.  I'm pretty sure the instructions are online for reference. 

[joe snag]

The instructions for my TC say to use hot soapy water to clean the barrel.  Then you put the bore butter on a patch and run it through the barrel.  I use the anti seize  on the breech plug.  I put some bore butter on each bullet before pushing it down it makes it a lot easier to load.  I'm pretty sure the instructions are online for reference.

I do the same,very hot water and it dry's fast,
Don't forget to clean your rifles also...
hb

[loonyone]

hot soapy water works fantastic.......and as stated from joe - it dries real fast.....

[thompson]

Boiling water down the barrel then bore butter

[TallywackahME]

Start shooting BH209. Half dozen western powder patches down the barrel and a dry patch followed by a hopes patch and done.

Btw, tv being hard to load is pretty normal. Tv is known for having very tight barrels and any projectile with a plastic sabot can make it much worse for repeat shots with that melted plastic film on the lands.