Cleaning

[PaulF70]

I really wish I hadn't asked.

Corroded on screws are just the worst.

I remember when being a teenager and getting my first motocross bike. The first time I changed the transmission oil the threads came out with the bolt. Boy was I unhappy, and soon a lot poorer.

 

[Okie Hog]

i remove and clean nipples every time.

 

[hanshi]

Nipples, always; vent liners never.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

I for one am shocked that @hanshi observes abstinence on his vent liners, and yet will openly clean his nipples. The thought gives me cold shivers….

 

[Grenadier1758]

@Rock Home Isle,
Like @hanshi, I always remove the nipple on my cap and never remove the vent liner on my flint lock rifles. One reason is the size if the touch hole compared to the size of the hole in the nipple. The tiny hole can still get easily clogged by the fouling. Of course a steady stream of cleaning solution being forced through the nipple is a pretty good indication the the flash channel is clear. Still, I have several flint lock rifles that have no vent liner, but they are directly drilled. I'm not pulling the breech plug to clean the breech. Most of my flintlock guns have the barrel pinned to the stock. I can better keep the cleaning solution from soaking into the stock by controlling the smaller stream of water through the touch hole.

I don't find any conflict with having a different procedure for guns with percussion nipples and my guns with a touch hole.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

@Rock Home Isle,
Like @hanshi, I always remove the nipple on my cap and never remove the vent liner on my flint lock rifles. One reason is the size if the touch hole compared to the size of the hole in the nipple. The tiny hole can still get easily clogged by the fouling. Of course a steady stream of cleaning solution being forced through the nipple is a pretty good indication the the flash channel is clear. Still, I have several flint lock rifles that have no vent liner, but they are directly drilled. I'm not pulling the breech plug to clean the breech. Most of my flintlock guns have the barrel pinned to the stock. I can better keep the cleaning solution from soaking into the stock by controlling the smaller stream of water through the touch hole.

I don't find any conflict with having a different procedure for guns with percussion nipples and my guns with a touch hole.

…I suspect my attempt at humor escapes you…

 

[Grenadier1758]

Yeah, sometimes my sense of humor takes a break and I miss out on humorous postings.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Yeah, sometimes my sense of humor takes a break and I miss out on humorous postings.

It’s the internet, it would be so much better sitting around a table, having a cold one, while swapping stories

 

[NorthFork]

Since we have now included vent liners into the discussion......

I always pull nipples, period. If the vent liner is direct drilled or is an install and file off type (Some of Chambers White Lightnings are like this
) then I obviously don't touch it. BUT if like on a lot of production guns, the liner has a screwdriver slot or what not, I DO remove those and clean them separately just like I do a nipple.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Yeah…I’m like @hanshi on this…nipples yes, vent liners…if I have to, I will.

 

[gvandersluis]

Every time cleaned in bp solvent scrubbed on the outside with a small brush inside with dental plixters then a dab of copper based grease before replacement.

 

[MSW]

i agree with Packrat.. it's the anti seize that makes this solution effective.

one guy's opinion...

 

[Tenring]

Nipples come out every time , picked and cleaned then clear never seize, The stuff called Super Lube Anti Seize. I to have had nipples hard as all get out to break free and am not going to let that happen again. Sure it’s an aggravation to do but the end result is better than well you know.

 

[Bobyote]

Should do each time!

That’s what I was taught, but have been known to not lol