December 23, 2008, 07:38 PM | #1 |
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Cleaning?
With using Pyrodex how important is cleaning compared to Black Powder. How long can you wait before you clean? Some times the cleaning part keeps me from shooting my BP guns.
I generally clean my other weapons at the end of each shoot, unless I will be shooting again the next day. Thanks and comments welcome!
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December 23, 2008, 09:33 PM | #2 |
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Cleaning requirements for Pyrodex are the same as for real black powder.
If you clean your smokeless cartridge guns after each shooting session, why would black powder be any different? |
December 23, 2008, 10:15 PM | #3 |
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It is important enough to me that I clean after evey shooting session, without exception.
Its just part of the deal |
December 24, 2008, 12:26 AM | #4 |
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You can wait a few days, won't hurt anything. I left one uncleaned for nine days once and it didn't rust.
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clean every shot!
Keep clean after every shot to be safe.Even a quickey is good.!
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It might depend on your local climate. Out in the hot, bone dry desert, maybe weeks. In Washington, every hour is your enemy.
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use windsheild washer mix for cleaning in a spray bottle to speed cleaning. get the winter mix it has more alcohol. really cuts the crud and is cheap. does better job than Windex.
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Thanks for the comments guys. I too try to clean as soon has possible, (no more than a day or two), just looking for your thoughts.
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I frequently go two or three days before cleaning my bp guns. I don't take mine completely down but once a year.
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Won't hurt a thing to wait a couple days to clean.
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If you wait a few days to clean it won't hurt them. The only problem is if you forget to clean them and find them rusted up in your safe a month later. I give them a quick field cleaning with windsheld washer fluid and oil them up good with W-D40 at the range. Then i clean them at my convenience.
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WD-40 isn't a lubricant. It's a water displacer.
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Thanks again for the comments, very helpfull indeed! And Merry Christmas to all the B/smokers out there!
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i clean mine within a few hours of getting home. whether its one shot to empty it a the end of a hunting day. or 10 shots at the range. the only thing i like about the cleaning is the smell of the wonderlube 1000 .
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