New Muzzleloaders and have some questions

[Loyalist Dave]

I will try this Evaporust, thanks for the suggestion. What is the best way to keep rust off it. I have now read on various posts here that the Satin Finish of these muskets is partly to blame. Do I oil the musket daily ? Or just oil is once and put it away. Also what oil do I store it with ?

I'd get some Birchwood Casey Barricade, and wipe it down with that. You have to check them from time to time, depending on humidity and such.

LD

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Barricade works well so does GRIP in my opinion. Hoppe's No.9 is good too

NO and NO
Keep modern stuff out your barrel are you will make sludge. They find out hoe fun cleaning is.
Petroleum oils are bad for any black powder unit.
Hot soapy water, and real hot.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I'll side with @Loyalist Dave on this one. I use Barricade in my muzzle loaders and do not build up sludge. If you use a sloppy wet lube of any kind, sludge can build up. Know your rifle and what you are putting in your breech.

 

[Spencer_Murphy]

I have a question to ask about the Mortimer Shotgun. An older fella who is a retired Gunsmith told me before test firing the shotgun regardless of the previous owner's use to plug the nipples and fill the barrels with denatured alcohol so see if any leaks where the two barrels were soldered together. One Nipple is removeable the other is the original non removeable. What is the best way to plug a percussion nipple when its still attached to the firearm ? is there a cap I can buy that seals the nipple or do I just put some tape over it ? Has anyone ever heard of this test use of Alcohol either? The gunsmith is 83 years old so I would assume he isn't making this up.... lol.

 

[Old Grunt]

I Tap a wooden toothpick into nipple to seal nipple.

 

[J.D.]

Remove the the barrel from the Renegade, and look at the bottom flat. GM usually stamps the twist rate on the bottom of the barrel, near the breech.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Store the gun muzzle down after cleaning to allow the wet sludge to drain out of the breech.