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Hawg · March 22, 2008, 06:43 AM

Nice guns Scrat but bp is fun to shoot out of cartridges too, specially in the old calibers. Those bottlenecks don't get a lot of residue in rifle actions either. I leave a fired cartridge in my 92's chamber and clean the bore. Hold the rifle upside down and eject the cartridge with the fouling inside it. The case mouth on those are thin and expand to make a really good seal so next to nothing gets in the action. All I do for it is spray it out real good with WD-40 and let it drain/dry then spray some RemOil in it.

yourotherleft, that's something you might want to consider before you buy a rifle. Are you going to shoot bp out of it? If so you might want to stay with 44-40 or 38-40 for ease of cleaning. The straight cases(.45,357,etc) get a lot of blowby past the case and into the action. Of course the old calibers are pretty much a reload proposition only unless you're rich or don't plan to shoot much. I think a box of 44-40 is around 35.00 per 50. I reload for mine.

March 22, 2008, 06:43 AM	#23
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Nice guns Scrat but bp is fun to shoot out of cartridges too, specially in the old calibers. Those bottlenecks don't get a lot of residue in rifle actions either. I leave a fired cartridge in my 92's chamber and clean the bore. Hold the rifle upside down and eject the cartridge with the fouling inside it. The case mouth on those are thin and expand to make a really good seal so next to nothing gets in the action. All I do for it is spray it out real good with WD-40 and let it drain/dry then spray some RemOil in it. yourotherleft, that's something you might want to consider before you buy a rifle. Are you going to shoot bp out of it? If so you might want to stay with 44-40 or 38-40 for ease of cleaning. The straight cases(.45,357,etc) get a lot of blowby past the case and into the action. Of course the old calibers are pretty much a reload proposition only unless you're rich or don't plan to shoot much. I think a box of 44-40 is around 35.00 per 50. I reload for mine.