Packing grease

[gesthuntn]

Got my new Great Plains rifle today and I'm have a time trying to get all the packing grease out of the barrel. What is the best way to accomplish this? What can I use to clean it?

 

[russellshaffer]

Laquer thinner will cut most anything. Just don't let it get anywhere near the stock.

 

[Griz44Mag]

I use a mix with equal parts of Mineral Spirits, Miracle Oil and Colemans camp fuel.
I wont hurt the stock but will remove just about any other fouling, packing grease or oil.
It's also a pretty good bore cleaner for after shooting.

 

[kansas_volunteer]

You didn't say if your rifle is flint or percussion, so either way plug the little hole the fire goes in, stand the rifle, or just the barrel, so the barrel points straight up and pour any solvent into the barrel (there is no magic formula) let it stand a while then empty the crud. You should be nearly grease free. If not, repeat the process until you can clean the rifle in the normal manner to finish he process. No mumbo jumbo, just simple stuff.

If you want to mix some secret sauce look up the formula for Ed's Red solvent. It will do anything a shooter needs doing.

 

[longcruise]

I use Autozone engine degreaser.

https://www.autozone.com/fuel-and-e...VIAQJIOjetACq-pfjmdNwQGlaeDaC_1xoC5_AQAvD_BwE

 

[appalichian hunter]

Kerosene, if you can remove the barrel from the stock and go to work on it. If not plug the touch hole or vent and use a small funnel to pour it down the bore swish it around a bit and repeat until you can clean it in a normal manner.

 

[firestick]

Ed's Red. Remove the barrel and plug the vent or flash hole. Fill half way with Ed's Red and run a bronze bore brush up and down the bore until it is all scrubbed clean. Shouldn't take much. Empty it out and run clean dry patches through the bore.

 

[RjSixgun]

boiling water