*UPDATE* Traditions Deerhunter - Brown residue in the barrel?

[laagamer]

Howdy everyone! Thank you all for the feedback last time! Much appreciated!

Per ya'll advice, I went ahead and gave my new Traditions Deerhunter a swabbing before I use her for the first time this weekend.

Interestingly enough, I found a large amount of brown residue in the barrel!

Was this grease to protect the barrel on the shelf?

Either way I swabbed it down and oiled it! Ready for use!

 

[ETipp]

Howdy everyone! Thank you all for the feedback last time! Much appreciated!

Per ya'll advice, I went ahead and gave my new Traditions Deerhunter a swabbing before I use her for the first time this weekend.

Interestingly enough, I found a large amount of brown residue in the barrel!

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Was this grease to protect the barrel on the shelf?

Either way I swabbed it down and oiled it! Ready for use!

My traditions Crockett rifle had the same thing in it when it was new. Also, others have posted about this. I do not know what it is but it didn’t seem to hurt mine one bit.

 

[TDM]

Agree with @ETipp, just clean it the best you can and enjoy your shooting.

 

[snakebit]

I want to call it cosmoline but I'm sure it isn't. It's put in to prevent rust/corrosion while in storage, transport etc. some hot water, patches and elbow grease she'll be as clean as a hounds tooth.

 

[AML]

Looks like rust to me, make sure and lube the bore after cleaning

 

[Banjoman]

If you oiled the bore, you will want to wipe all that oil out before loading and firing. Oil will foul your powder. It’s best to start with a clean dry bore.

 

[Grenadier1758]

One of the curious attributes of some rust inhibiting lubricants is that over a period of time, the residue when being cleaned comes out brown and is the same color as rust. Good job on getting that all cleaned out and as @Banjoman states be sure to get your protective lubricant removed before going to the range. Good luck with your new Deerhunter.

Do look over your lock for rubbing against adjacent surfaces and sharp edges or burrs. Be sure to provide clearance between rubbing parts and apply a little bit of grease to the parts that rub together and oil those parts that rotate. Adjust your flint for proper clearance in the lock to frizzen face. Check for sparks and you should be good to go to the range.

 

[Banjoman]

And, after you get everything up and running, here is my simple three step method for cleaning the muzzleloader.

1. Shoot the muzzleloader
2. Clean the muzzleloader as best you can
3. Shoot the muzzleloader again before it has a chance to rust

 

[NotDanielBoone]

Howdy everyone! Thank you all for the feedback last time! Much appreciated!

Per ya'll advice, I went ahead and gave my new Traditions Deerhunter a swabbing before I use her for the first time this weekend.

Interestingly enough, I found a large amount of brown residue in the barrel!

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Was this grease to protect the barrel on the shelf?

Either way I swabbed it down and oiled it! Ready for use!

As I stated in another post, I use jojoba oil after cleaning. I just wet a patch with it and run it in there a few times, maybe rewet the patch and go again. After 3 months a dry, clean patch came out looking just like your picture. IDK, but I think the oil turned brown, not rust. Rifle shoots fine. If I really knew anything, I probably would be out shooting instead of on this forum, but that's my 2 cents. The Traditions Deerhunter is my only BP gun.

 

[johnraleksa]

Howdy everyone! Thank you all for the feedback last time! Much appreciated!

Per ya'll advice, I went ahead and gave my new Traditions Deerhunter a swabbing before I use her for the first time this weekend.

Interestingly enough, I found a large amount of brown residue in the barrel!

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Was this grease to protect the barrel on the shelf?

Either way I swabbed it down and oiled it! Ready for use!

I have used Bore Butter for 25+years. After cleaning the gun I'll put BB on a cleaning patch, swabbing it several times and leave the patch on the rod in the gun. Next time I pull it out it will look like that. I just get a clean patch, swabbing a few times then reload and shoot. Have put a light down the barrel and never seen any rust. I wipe the out side of the gun with BB never had it turn brown.

 

[Grenadier1758]

One of the reasons the LGS doesn't like for potential buyers to run a patch down the barrel is the fact that the patch will almost always come out brown. Then the buyer will want a much lower price to pay for this rifle with such a heavily rusted barrel.

 

[Winterhawk]

I have brown gunk come out the day after cleaning my rifles. I'm sure it isn't rust, but have no idea what causes it. That is on all of my BP guns, even the one which gets used the most and is around 13 years old. Well, the barrel is; I had a Colerain barrel installed back then.

 

[Walks with fire]

Do the warm water cleaning first, then dry bore, then use Hoppe's 9 bore cleaner for normal firearms until they come out clean. Dry the bore and then oil or I use balistol. That brown stain is bore protectant and is difficult to get out. Your accuracy will be crap until it's gone. If you ever shoot conical bullets scrub the lead out or it will be dragging on your patch when you shoot patch and ball.

 

[leadhoarder]

Yep, it is just the oil/preservative. Clean it and shoot it.

 

[hanshi]

What ETipp said!

 

[LARRYCLARE]

Looks like rust to me, make sure and lube the bore after cleaning

I get the same thing in all my MLs the only thing that has ever touched the inside of my barrels is WonderLube after a scrub with hot water .I think the brown in stuff is wonder lube that has oxidized between cleanings does no harm to rifle barrels that I can detect