Question on pinned barrel

[tenngun]

I find it odd that so many veterans on this board are advising not to remove the barrel. Removing the barrel for me is super easy (I mean I can pull out the pins with my fingers after punching them half way). Unscrew the tang, flip the gun, give it a nice pat on the bottom and out comes the barrel onto a soft chair. Put the barrel in a 5 gallon home depot bucket and we are off to a super clean barrel!

The stock is super flimsy so take care to put it someplace that you won't trip on it, but I prefer to manhandle the barrel and flip it around while I'm cleaning it and pumping water into it and oiling up the entire thing, and I thought I was scared of hurting the thing as a newcomer!

No wrong way with your own gun. We all have little things we like to do.
I pull my barrels once every few years to wax the channel. The fire sticks are very fragile. I’m as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs till the barrel is backed in.

 

[hanshi]

I find it odd that so many veterans on this board are advising not to remove the barrel. Removing the barrel for me is super easy (I mean I can pull out the pins with my fingers after punching them half way). Unscrew the tang, flip the gun, give it a nice pat on the bottom and out comes the barrel onto a soft chair. Put the barrel in a 5 gallon home depot bucket and we are off to a super clean barrel!

The stock is super flimsy so take care to put it someplace that you won't trip on it, but I prefer to manhandle the barrel and flip it around while I'm cleaning it and pumping water into it and oiling up the entire thing, and I thought I was scared of hurting the thing as a newcomer!

If that works for you I see no downside. I never routinely remove a pinned barrel for cleaning. I usually remove them once or twice a year for basic maintenance and that's it.

 

[Osseon]

No wrong way with your own gun. We all have little things we like to do.
I pull my barrels once every few years to wax the channel. The fire sticks are very fragile. I’m as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs till the barrel is backed in.

I guess my nervousness about any remaining BP fouling in the nooks and crannies overweighs my fear of a naked stock. Before I removed my barrel I felt the wood would get scratched and dinged and foul water would get in the grooves. My first BP gun still has worn away finish around the barrel where I would scrub the barrel trying to get the fouling off.

Now my stocks feel safer and my barrels cleaner. Maybe I'm just bad at it haha!

 

[Curley 50 cal]

Track of the Wolf sells a flush kit that clamps onto the barrel after removing the flintlock. An O-ring seals the device over the flash hole enabling a patched ram rod to siphon soap water in and out of a bucket. This prevents messing up the stock. It can also be used for a percussion rig.

 

[Osseon]

This is useful, I'll look into getting one! Doesn't solve the issue of cleaning around the vent hole, but I could practice at that.

 

[Griz44Mag]

This is useful, I'll look into getting one! Doesn't solve the issue of cleaning around the vent hole, but I could practice at that.

I just use a patch dampened with MMC cleaner and wipe it down good - works just fine.

 

[Twisted_1in66]

WOW GREAT DETAIL and i really appreciate it..thank you sounds very good ant the car wax ,,who woulda thought of that ..ill do that.good job thank you

You are most welcome. Had a gun builder help me out with that when I got my first longrifle. It's worked well for me and I'm happy to pass it on.

 

[Red Owl]

I've never heard of taking the barrel off a pined stock. The rifles that use wedges usually have a hooked breech so you drive out the wedge(s) and just lift up the barrel.
Years ago you could buy a short dowel with a mirror on the end, you drop that down the bore and use a penlight and you can really examine the bore. If you are shooting a patched round ball there should not be any lead fouling, only powder so a wet rag ought to do the job. Followed by an oil rag.

 

[BrantWW]

This from Blackpowder TV.

 

[BrantWW]

This from Blackpowder TV