best way to clean a fullstock FL?

[slowballer]

I will probably have to do it this way on the deck for the moment as i have neither a laundry tub nor enough clearance on one side of the kitchen sink to swab a 5 foot rifle.

Birddog6's system, (thanks for the details), should allow me to get away with cleaning at the kitchen table but Dunlap'a site is under construction right now so I'll have to wait on the clamp until I can compare theirs to TOW's.

Thanks again to all who replied.

 

[duca]

Hey beaver, Is that a JP Gunstock rifle?

 

[Birddog6]

The one in my photo came from Dunlaps. You can call him & ask if they have them in stock.

Keith Lisle

 

[fatboy]

Keith you have that washer fit over the threads or to glue that on some how ?

 

[slowballer]

Yes sir, it's a JP McCoy in .45 cal. A gift from my lovely bride to celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary today. :grin:

 

[duca]

Yes sir, it's a JP McCoy in .45 cal. A gift from my lovely bride to celebrate our 18th wedding anniversary today. :grin:

LOL! I knew it. I have a .36cal McCoy and love it. Got it in the early 90's. It to has the L&R Manton on her. Congrat's and enjoy...

 

[duca]

O and a friend of mine has a .36cal Hatfield rifle. You know what that is like on the Range. LOL

 

[Birddog6]

That is a 1/4" flat faucet washer. They need to change them & make them all that way, as it is 100 times better than the o'ring deal. Hardly ever leaks on any I clean now. ANd even if it does leak a drop or two, the rifle is upside down & it just drops onto a rag under it, rather than going down under the barrel.

I take the washer & take a drill bit & turn it by hand in the hole & enlarge it just a tad, then I push it & turn it as I force it on the fitting & it has worked on it for years. It has not come off after ? hundreds of cleaning sessions. I think I have changed it one time in 5 years, as the rubber got hard & it's a 2 min fix.....

Keith Lisle

 

[slowballer]

Thanks Duca.
If you don't mind, maybe you could comment on my "flint size" thread since you have the same lock.

 

[duca]

Sorry this took so long; 5/8" by 3/4"

 

[brubincam]

fastest way to clean a long barrel--get tubeing small enough and long enough to reach the full length inside barrel--connect to a spigot --plug flash hole turn water on with muzzle lowered--let run just a little while--barrel and breach plug will be clean only needing drying and lubed---works for me

 

[hanshi]

That sounds like a great idea. Never thought of that one.

 

[lakota]

Bird Dog 6 e-mailed me his cleaning regimen. I tried it the other day and I like it a lot. I ran to The Log Cabin Shop and $70 bucks later I came away with the only clamp on flush tool for flint locks they had left(cant go there and buy just one thing I had to buy some powder and ball and some rarmrod blanks! :wink: ) I saw those flush tools before and I always thought that they might be a gimmick that some Billy Mays type might sell on TV if they had infomercials for muzzleloader stuff but I was wrong it works great. It sure beats the heck out of what I was doing before-taking the barrel out of the stock every time I cleaned it.