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Offline alacran

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Re: cleaning my SMR .36
« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2024, 03:38:55 PM »
Quote from: Bob Hatfield on February 25, 2024, 10:03:05 PM
1800's cleaning advice. 

Using tallow on the patch, shoot the rifle every day at a squirrel. Reload the rifle and put it over the fireplace mantel. Eat the squirrel if you didn't miss and never have to clean the rifle.

Bob
If I could shoot in my backyard, I would do just that , but I would be shooting chipmunks.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: cleaning my SMR .36
« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2024, 04:21:41 AM »
No shooting in my back yard, not even a pellet gun.
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Offline Kurt

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Re: cleaning my SMR .36
« Reply #27 on: March 05, 2024, 06:18:50 AM »
I took my new rifle to the range today and shot ten loads getting to zero. When I got home about three hours later I first used a fouling scraper, then a bronze brush, next about twenty cloth patches soaked with Ballistol. The breech is quite clean and reflects light from a flashlight well enough that I can see the bore is as clean as new. Ballistol is a mixture of water and mineral oil and a couple of other chemicals.

Shooting patches were lubed with 50/50 dish detergent and water.
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