Cleaning - What am I doing wrong??

[Grenadier1758]

The water does a fine job of dissolving the black powder residue. What the soap is needed for is to dissolve the oil residuals. Water alone seems to leave a bit of the burnt oil in the bore. Once the gun is clean, the burnt oils show up as a dark brown or rusty colored patch even after using a good rust preventative lubricant. Its easy and cheap to add a few drops of dish washing soap to the cleaning bath ad you clean both the black powder fouling and burnt oils in the barrel.

 

[Vaino]

Never noticed of which you say. Plain water has always done the job for me. Perhaps the "burnt oil" is from whatever you use in the bore and as a patch lube.

I use Oxyoke 1000 Plus for the bore and as a patch lube and haven't had any "burnt oil" residue.....because it doesn't contain any oils.....Fred

 

[ron wehmeyer]

I have and still do use Outers oil for storage , and have noticed the brown color. Does not seem to bother the bore or metal as much as it does me . DT

 

[ZUG]

I also use W-W-Fluid when target shooting as a patch lube and when I swab between shots. When I am done for the day I run two or three wet W-W-Fluid patches down the bore before I leave the range. When I get home I clean the rifle using warm tap water with a few drops of dish soap scrub well with patches, dry, WD the bore, run a few dry patches down the bore then use a good oil on a tight patch and oil the bore. Works for me - I do check & dry swab / re-oil after 3 days :thumbsup: .

 

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

just Parrafin wax which is a petroleum :haha:

 

[Idaho Ron]

hot soap and water and rinse with boiling water.

No need for hot and/or boiling water,
Tepid is fine,, think baby bath temps.

:thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Rick Boylan]

Just use luke warm water to clean and flush. Boiling hot water may sound like a good idea but it can cause flash rust. Avoid it. Just use warm water and make sure you dry well and spray a good gun oil down the bore and around the lock. That's always worked for me. :thumbsup:

 

[timothy prouty]

WELL I use hot water and laundry detergent and Murphy's Oil Soap 1to2 patches to drive then Thompson Center bore butter why the barrel is still warm

 

[rmark]

I use hot tap water, dry with several patches, oil with Hoppes 9.