Ontario Hawken
36 Cal.
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- Aug 24, 2010
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I was hoping to get some advice.
I took my T/C Hawken .50 cal percussion cap rifle out today and fired off a few conicals and round balls in advance of bear season.
When I got home I cleaned the barrel with a DAC "Wool Mop" in a bucket of hot, soapy water using the rod to act as a piston to bring the water into the bore through the nipple housing (the procedure they list in the Owners Manual).
I then used T/C No. 13 Bore Cleaner and it took about 15 patches before they came out clean. I then dried the barrel with several clean patches and blew moisture out of the nipple housing and port screw using a can of compressed air (what they use to clean keyboards).
I then swabbed the dry barrel with several clean patches (they came out clean) followed by a patch saturated with T/C Bore Butter. At this point it looked like I was getting rust on the patch.
Am I doing something wrong? Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Scott
I took my T/C Hawken .50 cal percussion cap rifle out today and fired off a few conicals and round balls in advance of bear season.
When I got home I cleaned the barrel with a DAC "Wool Mop" in a bucket of hot, soapy water using the rod to act as a piston to bring the water into the bore through the nipple housing (the procedure they list in the Owners Manual).
I then used T/C No. 13 Bore Cleaner and it took about 15 patches before they came out clean. I then dried the barrel with several clean patches and blew moisture out of the nipple housing and port screw using a can of compressed air (what they use to clean keyboards).
I then swabbed the dry barrel with several clean patches (they came out clean) followed by a patch saturated with T/C Bore Butter. At this point it looked like I was getting rust on the patch.
Am I doing something wrong? Does anyone have any pointers or suggestions?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Scott