Non Wipers Only.

[SDSmlf]

I'm curious which WWF you guys are using. The Alcohol formula, the glycol formula or the blue water ?

The ‘hot’ WWF with muzzleloader crowd has been ‘Blue Thunder’ for quite a while now. The -40 winter formula. Pretty sure that is what I am using, but the label is long gone.

https://corporatefacilitysupply.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Blue-Thunder.pdf

 

[Sidney Smith]

I only wipe the bore when it starts to get hard to load a round. Usually that's about once every 5 shots in cold weather, and about every 3 shots when its humid out. I'm still using bore butter as I've got an entire tube of it leftover. Once its gone I'm going to try a home made brew. for cleaner, I use a mix of alcohol and murphy's oil soap at the range. When shooting my smoothbore it doesn't get wiped at all between shots, only when I get home and it gets cleaned before storage.

 

[Stantheman86]

My Euroarms .54 Mississippi, I shoot .520 balls with prelubed .10 Minuteman patches, went 50 rounds, no wiping, glides down the bore. Shot a baseball sized cluster at 100 using my arms for support on a bench, would do better from a sandbag

Too bad this rifle loves Minie balls and has been modified with a sight for them...... and I'd buy another .54 Mississippi but with my luck it wouldn't shoot as well with that magical .520/.10 combo

 

[32 ballard xl]

I'm curious which WWF you guys are using. The Alcohol formula, the glycol formula or the blue water ?

Ihave had good results with "summer" windshield washer fluid.

 

[Rat]

I just hope none of you guys go out into a crowd of non-shooters, and announce that you are a non-wiper.

 

[Rat]

Ihave had good results with "summer" windshield washer fluid.

How can you use wiper-fluid, and call yourself a non-wiper?

 

[45man]

Using Young Country lube I shoot well over 200 shots without wiping but now and then it gets tight so a little more on a patch will clear it up.
Now when shooting BPCR I wiped between shots with a barely damp patch with Birchwood-Casey solvent on a nylon brush. My friend uses anti freeze, 50-50 with water and it works fine.
If you do wipe because of a poor lube, just a damp patch is best and you will have no need to dry before loading again.

 

[Kansas Kid]

So it seems most all non wipers use some sort of wet lube combination to clean as the patched round is rammed and seated. I suppose not many of the wet lubes are good for longer term loads when hunting like mink oil and bore butter.

 

[Tom Compton]

So it seems most all non wipers use some sort of wet lube combination to clean as the patched round is rammed and seated. I suppose not many of the wet lubes are good for longer term loads when hunting like mink oil and bore butter.

Accurate summary Kansas. Matches and such when going to shoot pretty soon I use a wet patch and tight ball and patch combo so yes in a way wiping every shot. If I sit out a relay or eat lunch or whatever a quick wipe in and out with a damp patch Now using WWF as mouth gets too dry. Hunting I use Track’s mink oil and can leave it loaded a week.

 

[longcruise]

I can and often do shoot all day without wiping using spit or 10 to 8:1 dish soap and water.

I have used Hoppes #9 lube and found that when the cleaning is done and the barrel dried a tight dry patch can pull a brown greasy residue out.

 

[Barrie Dale]

I generally us the winter windsheild fluid in my 45 cal Sennaca after about every 3rd shot. WE use the dental wipes that the dentist puts in your mouth to absorb moisture. One of my members buys them by the case and we all split it up. Usually we have to cut them in half as they can be too thick but a half of one is just perfect. A little dish soap for lube works extremely well on my patchs. For deep cleaning we use 2 16oz bottles of Murphys or Johnstons wood soap, 2 16OZ bottles of menthol hydrate and fill the rest with water in a one gal gas can. Shake up and go cleaning your barrels.

 

[TexiKan]

I was perfectly happy with Young Country lube for many years and then.....I read several threads here saying do not use or season your barrel, try dry lube and wipe after each shot for accuracy. Then I was happy with Leigh High Valley and then it changed. Can't say all of these changes has made any improvement and I am tempted to return to Young Country again even though it is not a popular concept here.

 

[Eutycus]

I only wipe the bore when it starts to get hard to load a round. Usually that's about once every 5 shots in cold weather, and about every 3 shots when its humid out. I'm still using bore butter as I've got an entire tube of it leftover. Once its gone I'm going to try a home made brew. for cleaner, I use a mix of alcohol and murphy's oil soap at the range. When shooting my smoothbore it doesn't get wiped at all between shots, only when I get home and it gets cleaned before storage.

My apologies if this reply gets sent. I had no intention of even entering this post but was moving a small tablet and accidentally hit the quote button..Sorry I'm not very tech savy. But now that I'm in this post it does appear to be a most interesting subject.

 

[azmntman]

Depends on the humidity.

? Whats that?

hehehe getting to the time of year where northern AZ is GODS COUNTRY (sorry)

 

[Grenadier1758]

I was perfectly happy with Young Country lube for many years and then.....I read several threads here saying do not use or season your barrel, try dry lube and wipe after each shot for accuracy. Then I was happy with Leigh High Valley and then it changed. Can't say all of these changes has made any improvement and I am tempted to return to Young Country again even though it is not a popular concept here.

What was called "seasoning" is merely a mix of fouling and burnt lubricant. It does nothing other than fill up the bore with fouling. Eventually it will fill the bore to the extent that accuracy is lost and the clean up task is huge. You can use Young Country Lube or any other lube that one may find acceptable, just clean it all out of the bore.

 

[Eutycus]

Earlier I stated that I accidentally stumbled upon this post and that I find it interesting. Okay all of that is true but I must say that I'm a bit puzzled. Why would a person NOT wipe even if its an old habit? Surely it cant be that time comsumming or that much of an inconvience?????

 

[azmntman]

Hmmm per above, I used to use Hoppes exclusively (w/o swiping), even when hunting. Didn't get any issues with FTF or delay? I dont use it slopping wet, the smallest size drop that comes outta the bottle evenly rubbed in would do fine (and clean the barrel as it pushes ball home). And I never had the orange or brown stained patched mentioned above?

Now I am a swiper, even when target shooting (cuz after all, when target shooting I like to hit the target as close to center as possible. I have never went "plinking" with black powder yet. I use a .22 for that.

I use moose milk per the dutch system (recipe) when I swipe. I always call it "swiping" cuz, well yea, those eavesdropping could get the wrong idea LOL

 

[jrmflintlock]

I too use Stumpkillers recipie! It works Great!!

No swiping needed for the shooting I do!

I have not made the snot but plan to as soon as I can get a hold of some bees wax. Been to lazy to order it.

 

[Kansas Kid]

Earlier I stated that I accidentally stumbled upon this post and that I find it interesting. Okay all of that is true but I must say that I'm a bit puzzled. Why would a person NOT wipe even if its an old habit? Surely it cant be that time comsumming or that much of an inconvience?????

My reason for NOT wiping is to keep from pushing fouling into the breech area and causing misfires and hang fires. I tried reduced dia jags and all that stuff with poor results. Yeah I had another guy question wether accuracy was gonna be good and it was good enough to win men’s rifle that day. I’ll have to bench it but I don’t think it has ever shot better.

 

[Eutycus]

Well I guess I asked for that one. Pushing fouling into the breech area is one reason that I never even considered when I posted about wiping as being time consumming. But it is the only reason posted so far.