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muzzleloader rust
wvhunt
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Hey all,
I took a break from studying and decided to give all my guns a quick wipe down and run a lightly oiled patch down the barrles, well got to my CVA and the inside of the barrel was nothing but rust, ive got it all cleaned up ( no pitting, just was surface) ive always just used TC presoaked butter bore paches when cleaning my muzzleloader, should i also run a patch through with hopes No9 and then do the bore butter instead of a regular oiled patch? any tips? i usually go a full year inbetween shooting this. ( or would just multiple cleaning times a year just be best)
I took a break from studying and decided to give all my guns a quick wipe down and run a lightly oiled patch down the barrles, well got to my CVA and the inside of the barrel was nothing but rust, ive got it all cleaned up ( no pitting, just was surface) ive always just used TC presoaked butter bore paches when cleaning my muzzleloader, should i also run a patch through with hopes No9 and then do the bore butter instead of a regular oiled patch? any tips? i usually go a full year inbetween shooting this. ( or would just multiple cleaning times a year just be best)
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EvilDr235
Ran into the EXACT same thing with bore butter. despite what they say, "preserving" with it leads to rust, at least here in humid Ohio. I use it as a patch and bullet lube now, but not as a preservative. Clean with black powder cleaner or soap and water, rinse bore with hot water. Dry bore with several patches. Run an oily patch down the bore. OIL. I actually have several of those "mop" type jags, I soak them with oil and scrub the bore with it. Next time I shoot, I run sveral patches soaked in denatured alcohol to rid the bore of oil. No problems in the last 15 years doing it this way.
It must be the humidity as I have used Bore Butter as a "preservative" for six years. I have had no rust inside or outside and they sit for several months with no handling. Maybe you need to wipe down and run a patch more often..just a thought..Bull
Yes it is more humid here. I have been to Greely Colo. several times and believe me the humidity is WAY less where you live. I gave bore butter a very honest try...just kept leading to rusting, even after only 1 week. If i have to run a patch down more often than that then I will look for another method! As it is, with oil, i have had no problems and a few times in the past 15 years or so it has gone maybe 9 months to a year between firing, and wiping it down showed no rust. I just oil it now and forget about it. I dont know where wvhunt lives but I am asuming West Virginia, which is probably as humid as Ohio.
Well next time you get this way look me up and we will have a cup[:)]....Bull
Black powder or pyrodex, when burnt, creates salt compounds.
Those salt compounds sit in your barrel unless dissolved by water or water soluble cleaner.
The bore butter is acting as an oil. It's keeping the moisture in the air away from your bore. It is not however cleaning it.
I would clean it and oil it and write bore butter up as hype. If it doesn't rust for you, it is probably due more to climate than anything.