How Often Do You Clean?

[Wrench]

I can move it back a few inches. My thought process in mounting it forward like I did, was to match the peep with the sight housing to help keep them in alignment.

I'll try moving it back to see if I shoot better or worse.

Move it back. Your brain will get you centered up.....it knows that the middle of the middle is the middle.

For sighting in as small of aperture hole as you can make work will help.

 

[Justin Crossley]

I was texting @robby denning today and he talked me into mounting a scope on it to make sure my load is dialed before I worry about practicing with the peep. I will push the peep back when I put it back on.

 

[mtnbound]

I haven't hunted with a muzzleloader in years. Will be deer hunting with a .45 cal this year. Planning to shoot the Hornady bullets with Triple Se7en powder.

How often do you clean your barrels and what is your process?

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Typically I clean when I get home, but if I start having more and more resistance seating a projectile then I will do a quick range cleaning. That normally consists of 2-3 wet patches with Windex and a few dry patches until they come clean. I didn't notice any difficulty seating those Bore Drivers so I don't think I ever did a range cleaning with them.

 

[robby denning]

I was texting @robby denning today and he talked me into mounting a scope on it to make sure my load is dialed before I worry about practicing with the peep. I will push the peep back when I put it back on.


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Ya if I’m developing loads, I go the scope route before peep.

Plus your gun looks badass now

And once you put your peep back on, if you can, move it closer to your eye (I see extra screw holes). Increases your sight radius and potentially more accuracy.

 

[Laelkhunter]

I don't clean until I see accuracy degrade. That's usually not until 500-1000 rounds down the tube. Unless it's for long term storage, then I like to scrub it down.

You shooting a muzzle loader?? What powder are you using that will allow you to still push a bullet down the bore after 500 shots?

 

[Wrench]

Measure your distance between your sights and you can use the calculator to know how much to move for a given correction.

 

[Laelkhunter]

Measure your distance between your sights and you can use the calculator to know how much to move for a given correction.

In reference to cleaning between shots?

 

[Wrench]

No.

In reference to cleaning between shots?

He's going to reinstall sights and put them in a new location. To adjust them you can hope and guess how much to move, or enter the sight radius and needed correction and know how much the sight needs to move.

 

[captainmoose]

What powder are you using that will allow you to still push a bullet down the bore after 500 shots?

H4831SC

 

[Laelkhunter]

H4831SC

You use that powder in a muzzle loader?

 

[BBob]

You use that powder in a muzzle loader?

I use 4350 in one of mine

 

[Laelkhunter]

I use 4350 in one of mine

I guess that burns a lot cleaner than 777 or other black powder substitute. Pyrodex or FFF was about the only choices when I was shooting muzzleloaders. I guess I'm aging myself.

 

[captainmoose]

I use 4350 in one of mine

Glad there is someone who is like-mind. 4350 does the job well as well.

 

[Pick]

I dry patch between shots, and always clean the bore to a mirror shine with hot water. You're not going to ruin a barrel by keeping it clean.

 

[KenLee]

If I’m just shooting for practice or for testing I’ll swab with windex patches as needed. With patched round ball I don’t need to swab very often. For a full clean when the season is over or if I’m not planning on shooting it for awhile the barrel comes off and it gets swabbed in a bucket of hot water with dawn. I used to oil the bore after but I’m trying out Hornady One Shot as a bore anti corrosion. Yeah that’s actually a thing I just learned here not long ago @ElDiablito

I hunt with a fouled bore. Down here in the desert I’m not hampered with much moisture so I don’t worry about corrosion during the hunt. I want to retest sometime for accuracy with a clean bore coated with the one shot to see how it does.

Pretty much same here in South Carolina, but after a couple days hunting mid September in high humidity, I have seen a rust lined start of wound channel for 50 yards and under shots.