T/C Hawken Breech Plug Screw/Cleaning

[redcarpet]

Yep, you'd be surprised what some scrubbing with scotchbrite will do. A little JB on it wouldn't hurt either.

Or some JB bore paste mixed with Kroil.

Remington 40X bore cleaner may help as well as it has some very fine abrasive in it.

 

[TDM]

Yes, the Kroil is great to add, makes a difference!

 

[TDM]

Yep. I use a little strip of green scotchbrite with anything from valve-lapping compound to 'Mothers Chrome Polish' on an under-caliber jag and it's amazing what you can accomplish.

Yes, an under-caliber jag is a must!

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

NOOOOOOO...... it's Murphy's Oil Soap you dolts! Been using it since 1910.... just a few drops in the kettle of hot water. Now, ideally, you do need to pick up a copper kettle from the Turkish PX just across the Iraqi border, but I suppose it isn't really as important as Murphy's Oil Soap. There are many right and wrong ways to clean a muzzleloader. If it works for you, then you have selected one of the right ways.

 

[chorizo]

NOOOOOOO...... it's Murphy's Oil Soap you dolts! Been using it since 1910.... just a few drops in the kettle of hot water. Now, ideally, you do need to pick up a copper kettle from the Turkish PX just across the Iraqi border, but I suppose it isn't really as important as Murphy's Oil Soap. There are many right and wrong ways to clean a muzzleloader. If it works for you, then you have selected one of the right ways.

I must be low class. I use an old plastic bucket, the cheapest dish soap from dollar store and hose water heated in a old galvanized horse bucket on a old rusty burner somebody gave me.

The only thing expensive is the damn propane.

@Dale Allen Raby I am surprised you don't use boutique lavender bar soap handmade in a she-shed located in Napa Valley, CA and sent overnight express and sparkling bottled water from France in your Turkish kettle.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I must be low class. I use an old plastic bucket, the cheapest dish soap from dollar store and hose water heated in a old galvanized horse bucket on a old rusty burner somebody gave me.

The only thing expensive is the damn propane.

Well, I prefer to associate with blue collar folks... they tend to be less treacherous. Hitler and Stalin both wore suits and ties, after all.

I have heated water to boiling, but for the last thirty years or so, I just use hot tap water in my bucket followed by a hot tap water rinse. After that rinse I need a towel to pick up the barrel as I am a wimp and don't like to burn my hands. I use two dry patches in the bore and it is generally dry before I can get the final patch lubed with Bore Butter.

 

[chorizo]

Typically got more than one to clean, hence the boiling water. If I have just one, which is rare, I use sink hot water too.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

All this "bucket of hot soapy water" stuff - color me skeptical. I have cleaned my rifles for 40 years with a cleaning rod and patches wet with tap water, followed by dry patches, followed by patches wet with oil. Bores are as good as the day I got the rifle.

Exactly. I tried all the special methods, award-winning concoctions and other wondrous ways to clean, and nothing is better than good old tap water.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

I must be low class. I use an old plastic bucket, the cheapest dish soap from dollar store and hose water heated in a old galvanized horse bucket on a old rusty burner somebody gave me.

The only thing expensive is the damn propane.

@Dale Allen Raby I am surprised you don't use boutique lavender bar soap handmade in a she-shed located in Napa Valley, CA and sent overnight express and sparkling bottled water from France in your Turkish kettle.

Even I have limits...