Pan Cleaning after shot?

[Carl Fowler III]

How well do you clean your pan after the shot? If I am out hunting I usually just brush it out and pick the hole when I may need another shot quickly. If I'm squirrel hunt'n where the prime may sit in there for some time I'll wipe the pan with a damp patch and then a dry patch, I also do this when at the range for sighting in or competition shooting.

I have never had a F.T.F. when using this method and was wondering if any other methods are used with success? :v

 

[FishDFly]

"I'll wipe the pan with a damp patch and then a dry patch, I also do this when at the range for sighting in or competition shooting."

What is it going to hurt? Not a thing.

Some folks brush their "tooth" once a day and some folks brush their "teeth", after breakfast, after lunch and before sleeping.

Personal hygiene and gun care is like bathing, it's all a personal choice.

Over cleaning does not hurt a thing. Cleaning patches are cheap.

 

[larry wv]

Hunting I do about the same as you. Shooting paper I just wipe the pan and flint once in awhile. Larry

 

[BrownBear]

In our wet climate, the least tiny little bit of fouling turns instantly into goo that fouls the rest of the prime.

Tradition be darned, the best I've found are those little Bausch and Lomb lens cleaning tissues, the ones treated with alcohol and served up individually in little aluminum packets. Wipe and swipe the best you can with wet and dry fabric or whatever, then hit the pan with the alcohol lens wipe. Without that I can get away with a moist patch (spit) followed by a couple of dry ones, but I have to polish like crazy to make sure the pan is really dry when it's a long time between shots. If you like the lens tissue on a hunt, you'll love it on the range.

 

[M. De Land]

I'm thinking this would be a good place for one of the little stainless steel or brass, fine wire,wood handled welders brush.
Most pans on production guns are still rougher than they need to be from casting marks and would be better if polished out with a felt bob and some lapping compound to a smooth surface finish.Mike D.

 

[don hepler]

I keep a dry cleaning rag with me, because I like to wipe the pan, the frizzen, and the flint. I just don't feel as confident, until I complete my full routine. I skip, the routine, if I'm hunting, and need an immediate follow up shot.

 

[Thing]

I use athe hand wipes you get in a sealed package. Like at restauraunts or hotels. I buy them by the box at Walmart. You can clean the bore as well useing them. I take a few packs when hutning, being as they are sealed it is no problem
to carry.

 

[larry wv]

Those wipes are handy for more than pan wiping. :wink: Larry

 

[Snakebite]

I'll use a slightly damp cleaning patch. I'll wipe out the pan, the flint and the frizzen and then just make sure they are dry when I reload/get ready to shoot. A little spit goes a long way.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Depends on circumstances and humidity.
In humid weather (usually always here in summer) the pan turns to instant mud after a shot. I use my fingers to wipe. If weather is dry I just continue shooting with no problem.

 

[Renegade Dan]

I clean my pan with a damp patch after each shot.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I am another that uses the small alcohol patches that you get for disinfecting before shots. :hmm:

 

[Don Steele]

In competition, or when trying to "shoot for group", testing loads, etc....I've found the alcohol wipes best. Frizzen, flint, pan...in that order.

 

[Orthod]

I fall into the depends category. Weather is the big depends, which gun is another. Generally every couple of shots I wipe the pan/frizzen with a patch or frizzen wipe.

 

[Billnpatti]

I keep a piece of an old shop towel in my possibles bag. After re-loading, I wipe the pan and frizzen with the rag before re-filling it with powder.

 

[CrossXstix]

I order the large alcohol wipes, and use them also to wipe the bore between shots.

X
David

 

[AZbpBurner]

I polish all my pan wells to a mirror finish. They still foul, but it's a simple task to wipe them out with a Q-Tip moistened with the same mixture I use to dampen patches to swab the barrel out after every few rounds fired. With a slick and shiney surface, the pan wipes out easier, since the fouling has no rough surface to stick to.

 

[Wes/Tex]

I fall into the depends category.

Don't be embarrassed, we all have our issues! :haha:

All seriousness aside, your technique is probably sufficient. Some prefer it with every shot but it's probably not a necessity. :thumbsup:

 

[Dphar]

As Brownbear says its climate dependent.
Where I live now in typical weather its not a factor. However, if its raining/snowing it can be. Basically if the fouling does not appear grey its wet and needs to be removed. Grey its not picking up water so its probably

 

[Orthod]

Right after posting I new I was in for trouble