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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Oh come now, you aren't entirely aware of every detail of everything ever? Lol I kid. I'll figure it out, was just hoping you might know off hand and save me a bit of research. Thank you for all your input in all the questions I've asked!
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Do you know if the 1861 springfield rifles have a chambered breech?
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    I am waiting until I have the gun, then I'm going to pin gauge the bore, and acquire bullets and a sizer accordingly. I have a pair of calipers so I can measure bullets. To start I won't be casting my own. I'll probably order from track of the wolf, and I'll measure them before I lube them...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    I presume the combustibility goes down drastically once dry? I have a grounding mat on the way, that could help with any risks there as well.
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    This is great stuff, thank you! While I didn't directly comment it, I was only going to use isopropyl for the initial clean since there would be no powder fouling. You confirmed this. Already have a nipple wrench on the way with a ramrod long enough for the gun and a couple tools like a...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    That's a hell of a lot of drop at 600 yards! Not an easy shot with a bullet that slow, though to be fair it's so heavy it ought to at least buck wind fairly well.
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Oh so then you're the guys who do the 1000yds+ cannon competitions too?
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Noted on all this stuff. Little question with the caps: i'm making an assumption but can't currently 100% confirm this. I saved my pennies, and I went with a pedersoli 1861 springfield repro. I'm assuming the nipple is sized for musket caps? That seems like it's likely a general rule of thumb...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Yeah I think I'm going to lean to the synthetic clps for protection. At this point it seems like water to clean, isopropyl alcohol to dry, then some clp, and before I take it out to use it, run a bit more isopropyl through it to get any extra protectant out. I hear you on the lead minies. To...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    I'm seeing that slip 2000 actually does make dedicated black powder clp and protectant. Hadn't thought about checking their website for such a product. Stupid me. Looking like water, isopropyl alcohol, and slip 2000 products will be my go to, with choke grease on the outside of the barrel that...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Any particular thing you like to use in the bore?
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    This is exactly the kind of stuff I've seen regarding petroleum based. My starting bullet lube is going to be 50/50 beeswax and lard (I mean, pig tallow lol). I do usually have a pretty good supply of isopropyl alcohol so i should be able to use that to get any oil out of the barrel. Do you know...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Definitely seems like a full tear down upon arrival would not be a bad idea at all. Use some beeswax to wax the barrel channel, and maybe a little choke grease on the outer surface of the barrel that's touching the stock. What kind of oil do you use in the bore? Have you ever used a CLP like...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Would you say that water works similarly or as well as a good black powder solvent? I'll probably look into some eezox. If water works and is fairly effective, then it seems to me like a great option, because as it so happens that's what comes out of the tap! If I don't need to buy anything in...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Noted! Do you use a channel pick at all? And aha! You said one of the magic words. Do you use CLPs on all of the metal components, or just the nipple? Hadn't thought of pipe cleaners. Will be an interesting use for them that isn't arts and crafts! Then again I think most people would probably be...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Oh I already also have a traditions kit that's waiting for me to find a way to blue the barrel before I get into it. So I'm technically sort of already at 2... Thank you for the welcome!
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Any particular gun oil you use? Do you avoid petroleum based? If I can I'd love to use slip 2000, it makes a very nice, long lasting protection layer on the metal. My only big question is how it would interact with the black powder. Edit: I had seen a lot about using real black powder and pure...
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Anything in particular I can clarify in what I'm asking?
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    1861 Springfield Repro First Time Clean and Protectant Question

    Hello all! I am new to black powder, and absolutely got into it to get into historical guns (or reproductions thereof...), and I am in the act of acquiring a reproduction 1861 Springfield. As someone who shoots modern smokeless guns quite a bit (I shoot 2 and 3 gun), there are a lot of things...
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