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  1. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    Ok, not gonna. What types of cleanup jobs? Why not try this on your guns? After all it’s your idea. So you want someone else to take on the risk of YOUR experiment? Knock yourself out with YOUR experiment and report your findings to everyone.
  2. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    You should prolly get used to thread drift. Always happens. Just the nature of the forum beast and has been from the of the beginning of the errorwebz.
  3. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    It does wonders on brass in a wet tumbler. Forgot about some .45-70 brass that had BP residue on it. It was a black and green corroded mess when I discovered my screw up. That lemi-shine and stainless media made them look practically brand new when nothing else did.
  4. Clark Badgett

    Rifle Shoppe "Scottish Musket" and "James II Musket"

    http://therifleshoppe.com/online_catalog.htm Browse to your heart’s content
  5. Clark Badgett

    Sharing My Brown Bess - Looks to be somewhat Defarbed

    Could be a number of factors, but most likely the specific alloy mix. There are many different brass alloys, and just as many bronze alloys.
  6. Clark Badgett

    Need help identifying this old muzzleloader

    He said defrocked, you likened it to defarberization. So the misuse of the terms are on you not he.
  7. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    Truce? I didn’t realize we were in a conflict. Just a mere exchange of information. And yeah I spelt it wrong, mea culpa. (Corrected the spelling above) Ballistol works good but it was developed for use in removing corrosive salts left by nitro based powders and mercury based primers in common...
  8. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    BP residue isn’t acidic, it’s hygroscopic. There are no ‘salts’ as produced by early smokeless powders and mercuric primers. Just soot that attracts moisture, then dries and attracts moisture again and again and again.
  9. Clark Badgett

    inexpensive spotting scope recommedations

    I have a Konus 80x and it is truly wonderful. Before I moved, I was using it to spot targets at 950 yards and it worked very well for that.
  10. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    I can understand the desire to experiment, but at the expense of a much simpler method? There is no logical reason to get all fancy when removing soot when water will get the job done. No need to heat it, or add soaps or this or that. Just simple water from the tap. And if you really want to be...
  11. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    This works really well if you can easily remove the barrels.
  12. Clark Badgett

    One more idea on bore cleaning (sorry).

    I posted this on another discussion, so I will copypasta it here. Why do so many think its so hard and involved to clean any muzzleloader? Plug the vent hole with a toothpick or seal the nipple with a scrap of leather. Pour some plain tap water in the barrel to about half full then plug the...
  13. Clark Badgett

    Touch hole insert

    Hardened steel barrel? Barrels are not hardened.
  14. Clark Badgett

    Touch hole insert

    Why do so many think its so hard and involved to clean any muzzleloader? Plug the vent hole with a toothpick or seal the nipple with a scrap of leather. Pour some plain tap water in the barrel to about half full then plug the muzzle with your finger and slosh away. Do this until the water comes...
  15. Clark Badgett

    Need help identifying this old muzzleloader

    De-darbed means to bring a modern reproduction item into accordance with norms of the era. Defrocking is more alike sporterization.
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