Removing the barrel on a hooked breech rifle for cleaning, yes or no??

[Timber Wolf]

Always.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Wouldn't work for me. I take my barrel into the shower. Stock stays on the kitchen table for the wet work.

Wouldn't work for me! Stock stays in the shop way away from the the kitchen.
Larry

 

[Brokenbear]

Wouldn't work for me. I take my barrel into the shower. Stock stays on the kitchen table for the wet work.

I'm thinking your poor old barrel needs some therapy of some sort ..after showering with it's daddy??



Bear ;-)

 

[chorizo]

I'm thinking your poor old barrel needs some therapy of some sort ..after showering with it's daddy??



Bear ;-)

Now that be some funny.....

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Y'know, I was waitin' fer that...

 

[Brokenbear]

Y'know, I was waitin' fer that...

Couldn't resist ..shucks at our age if we cannot laugh at what life throws us we're sure gonna be miserable cusses !

Merry Christmas to you and all

Bear

 

[TDM]

Yes, comes off every time. Just as a hooked breach is designed and intended to do.

 

[vintovka]

Conversely, Those of mine without a patent breech get shot less due to the increased cleaning effort, perceived or otherwise.

 

[LECook]

Hooked breech comes out of the stock for cleaning.

I built myself a Tennessee flintlock with an over the comb tang. The barrel Never comes out of the stock.

My other full stock pinned barrel guns generally get cleaned in the stock by pumping water thru it with a piece of hose on the nipple or my homemade clamp on hose for the flintlocks....but plugging the nipple or vent and running patched works as well.

Half stocks are too easily taken down for cleaning so they are barrel off.

Just depends on the gun being cleaned....YMMV

 

[KDJ B10]

Mine come out of the stock to get cleaned in the bathtub or a bucket. I was taught that way and it seems to work just fine.

 

[BillRob]

I've been taking the barrel off for decades. Not even really sure why I got started doing it - but I think I "learned" from reading the TC owner's manual....

 

[Patched]

Wouldn't work for me. I take my barrel into the shower. Stock stays on the kitchen table for the wet work.

I too take my hookers into the shower…but just to knock the bad smell and crust off ‘em…I mess with their details and lotions after they dry off.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

I think if removing a barrel from a stock affects accuracy then your,e better off with a wooden barrel and a metal stock.

 

[Zzmudd58]

Add one more. Comes off every time for cleaning. Never really thought otherwise!!!!

 

[cal.43]

only if I clean the rifle for longtime storrage,
normaly I clean it direct with a few patches after shooting then a good oil and that´s it.

 

[Salty]

Yup I remove the barrel every time I shoot and clean.

 

[Urban Coyote]

Wouldn't work for me. I take my barrel into the shower. Stock stays on the kitchen table for the wet work.

The Cosmo Kramer method, I like it! Do you make salad in the shower like Cosmo did too?

 

[Ben Meyer]

I have one of those cleaning nipples with tubing attached that I screw in, stick the tube in a jug of hot water and Dawn, and pump away with the range rod sucking the water in and out. leaving the barrel in the stock makes that process easier, ergonomically, and it doesnt leak. I like doing this rather than stick the whole barrel end in the soapy water. I then take the barrel off and run patches thru it until its dry and clean. I figure, I'm taking the nipple off anyway, may as well use the cleaning nipple. Watching the water pass thru the clear tube change from black to grey to mostly clear lets me know when its clean.

 

[Urban Coyote]

I remove the barrel from my hooked breech guns for cleaning. I'm meticulous when it comes to cleaning guns of any kind but especially with muzzleloaders.

Barrel off, nipple (percussion guns) removed, hot water with Dawn pumped through the barrel until patches come out clean, boiling water poured through barrel to rinse (allows barrel to dry quickly), dry patches until moisture is gone then wipe bore using patches with Barricade. When the barrel cools I hit it with another Barricade patch.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I too take my hookers into the shower…but just to knock the bad smell and crust off ‘em…I mess with their details and lotions after they dry off.

What can I say but EWWWWWW?!