CVA Rust Prevent patches, or equivalent products from other manufacturers, are a good solution to this problem and should be used inside and out. Thoroughly clean a muzzleloader after each shooting … WARNING: After your rifle has been cleaned and oiled, you must clear the breech plug firing hole of any oil and debris prior to use. September 9, 2017. Many of these questions were developed by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) and others were obtained by information from their manuals and from experts in the field. The ignition-based residue is the bulk of the primer compound that bakes onto actions and the inside of the breech plug. Finally, we must grease the breech plug to ensure that the heat of firing the rifle doesn't seize the plug in-place. So far I have been satisfied with Triple Seven with one exception. Your Knight Rifle will always serve you well but as with knowing how to keep it clean and functioning, you need to understand exactly how to properly load and fire it. Swab bore with a "Seasoning" patch to clean.

Slug shotguns are a Catch-22 however, due to the cost of sabot slugs. It must be carefully cleaned from in-line breech plugs after every shooting. When you are finished shooting for the day or for the season and plan to store the Encore muzzleloader away, it is recommended that you clean the firearm thoroughly. Thoroughly clean a muzzleloader after each shooting session. It must be carefully cleaned from in-line breech plugs after every shooting. A metal cleaner with the warning "will harm plastics" applied to the bore also takes care of it, as that is the idea. The only way to know is to clean it and shoot it to see what you've got. An unlubricated barrel, shooting an unlubricated bullet, equals massive friction, equals massive wear in the throat for the first few shots. See page 22 of the Model 700 ML instruction book for bolt assembly cleaning instructions. Several times I’d been close, but I just couldn’t create the opportunity I needed to squeeze the trigger. 2. Condensation in the barrel will attack a firearm that has not been cleaned of propellant residue. But, on a shot for shot basis, it is good stuff and fills a need for many shooters. ----- This set contains basic information for beginning 4-H Shooting Sports, Ecology and Wildlife Conservation participants, volunteers and staff. After shot clean up is not among my major concerns. Breech plug threads should be heavily lubricated when using Triple Seven.

When hunting I fire two primers through it and load it and it stays that way until I kill or season it over. I had been hunting the rolling, aspen-covered hills for two days, trying to close the distance to get a shot at a mule deer. How to Prevent Your Worst Muzzleloading Nightmare - Wednesday February 1, 2017 - Brad Fenson. It really does not matter whether you have a blued barrel shooting real black powder or if you shoot synthetic powder in a stainless barrel with a chrome lined bore.

I was given a Knight that was left dirty, loaded and on a covered porch outdoors for three years. 1. Always disassemble and clean the bolt assembly after shooting with the weather shroud. Follow the recommendations of retailers who sell muzzleloaders or those who regularly use muzzleloaders.

Cleaning Your Muzzleloader. Because of the highly corrosive nature of black powder and all the substitutes I know of, a BP firearm MUST be cleaned as soon as possible after firing. It must be carefully cleaned from in-line breech plugs after every shooting. 4.

First of all, the importance of cleaning the rifle after shooting cannot be emphasized enough. Shooting a muzzleloader causes two basic types of fouling: ignition-based and propellant-based. Our wrapped, sub caliber brush eliminates the problem of the cleaning jag getting stuck in the barrel when swabbing the bore between shots.