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  1. M

    Cleaning the barrel

    I use hot water from the tap with a little dish soap and some water soluble citrus cleaner. I pull the nipple, put the breech in the water, and pump the water up and down the barrel with a cleaning rod/patch. I follow that with plain hot water using the same process to get the soap suds out of...
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    Blow-by and melted lead.

    Dude, I've been casting and shooting lead bullets in all manner of firearms since I was 12 years old. Funny how those cast bullets made it down the barrel without a patch and didn't lead the bore. Also funny how conicals make it down the barrel of muzzleloaders with no patch and they don't...
  3. M

    rust pitting

    I had an old M1 Garand rifle once that shot better with the original pitted ordnance barrel than with the Douglas barrel that replaced it. Go figure. The proof is in the pudding. If the rifle shoots okay, I wouldn't worry too much about a few small rust pits.
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    FT Lbs Energy?

    No. He said, and I quote "All you need to know about the momentum bull is that the recoil momentum is always greater, often several times greater than the impact momentum of the projectile. If that is your measure of killing power then you have to accept that your gun is far more deadly at the...
  5. M

    Blow-by and melted lead.

    I have never, ever, seen leading become an issue when shooting patched round balls. Nor has it been an issue when shooting properly lubed conicals. Nor has it been an issue shooting cast bullets out of my .45/70 (at over 1,800 fps). The guy was worried about his patches burning through and...
  6. M

    FT Lbs Energy?

    :bull: Momentum = Mass X Velocity. The rifle, due to its mass, will recoil much slower than the velocity at which the projectile leaves the barrel. Momentum for the ball and the rifle will be equal, but the force will be distributed over a much greater time for the rifle than that of the...
  7. M

    FT Lbs Energy?

    You can determine velocity at ranges other than the muzzle using this calculator. It will give you energy as well, but not the Taylor KO. All you need to know is the MV and the BC. [url] http://www.handloads.com/calc[/url]/
  8. M

    FT Lbs Energy?

    http://www.handloads.com/calc/quick.asp
  9. M

    Whats a good lube for rifles

    Bare grease...
  10. M

    FT Lbs Energy?

    E = m Ӣ v2 / (2 Ӣ 32.1739 Ӣ 7000)
  11. M

    Blow-by and melted lead.

    Even if the patch burns through, a lead ball wouldn't lead the barrel any worse than a conical bullet would (which isn't much if at all). You are talking about very low pressures and very low velocities here. Leading is just not going to be an issue. Shoot the gun, and if you have some lead...
  12. M

    Whats a good lube for rifles

    I guess that bear grease must work pretty good, though. I've never seen any squeaky bears! Had a few pop their jaws at me, but never heard 'em squeak.
  13. M

    Best Barrel Lube/Preservative With Triple 7?

    BreakFree Carbon Cutter will take that hard fouling out in an instant. If you use BreakFree CLP in your bore from that point on, it will not let hard fouling adhere to the inside of the barrel. I wonder where 'ol Davy Crockett got his olive oil from? Maybe from all those Tennessee olive tree...
  14. M

    Whats a good lube for rifles

    Just about anything slippery will work fine for a patch lube. Plain 'ol Crisco works great. I use BreakFree CLP. Just put a single drop in the center of the patch and put 'em in a ziploc bag. The lube will eventually migrate to cover the entire patch. I clean the barrel with hot, soapy...
  15. M

    Best Barrel Lube/Preservative With Triple 7?

    Thanks. I used to use Crisco to lube the bore and as a patch lube until I noticed rust stains on a clean patch used to swab out the bore before going shooting. Since I started using CLP I have had no further problems. I even use CLP as a patch lube. Works great, and I've had no trouble with...
  16. M

    Best Barrel Lube/Preservative With Triple 7?

    The "petroleum based" thing is nonsense. Why would using a mineral oil (made from from animal and plant matter by mother nature) be worse than using something like Bore Butter (made from animal and plant matter by man)? Best thing to use is hot soapy water followed by CLP, which is designed to...
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