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tinker
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Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles
10/07/11 01:37 PM

I use cold water.
Nothing else, and I tend to re-use my cleaning patches after a soak and wash.

After a full cold water patching and scrub with a fiber brush if necessary I oil with bear oil that I rendered from a coastal black bear.
I have no rust or pitting problems at all.

Holland and Holland still recommend plain water as the best cleaning solution for black powder guns and rifles.

As a note, I don't run corrosive priming compounds, and I don't run imitation 'black powder substitutes'

Cheers
Tinker

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Cleaning blackpowder rifles	Tatume	10/07/11 02:51 AM
Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles	Tatume	10/07/11 03:04 AM
Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles	tinker	10/07/11 01:37 PM
Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles	DarylS	11/07/11 01:44 AM
Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles	Tatume	11/07/11 04:32 AM
Re: Cleaning blackpowder rifles	DarylS	12/07/11 12:45 AM

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