I also run a bore butter patch down the bore and the cylinders. When I am done, I wipe a patch with bore butter over the whole gun. I also use it as a rust preventitive as is mentioned in their webpage. I have found the product to pretty much work as advertised and I am a big fan of it. They advertise that it eliminates bore fouling which makes loading (in a single shot rifle or pistol) diffiicult after several shots. It is a grease like substance that you use to lubricate patches, bullets, or to seal the chambers of a black powder revolver. Heating the firearm is essential, it forces the petroleum based oils out of the metal, and liquifies the Bore Butter, drawing into the metal as it cools.īore Butter is a product sold by Thompson Center Arms. While it is still very warm, coat everything with "Bore Butter" or a similar product. We finally dunked'em in water and scrubbed them out, the corrosion stopped.Ī good thing to (whether it's a new gun, or one you have just finished cleaning) is to soak it in very hot water (the metal will steam itself dry when removed from the bath). Another long, diligent cleaning with Hoppe's, & a week later the same thing, lots of corrosion. We cleaned very diligently with Hoppe's, but a few days later you could hardly see down the bore. My bro & I couldn't bring ourselves to use water the first time we shot our. It takes water to dilute & remove the salts. You need to clean the entire firearm with *WATER*. And yes, the stuff will attract corrosion. With Pyrodex P, at 30gr I start losing accuracy.
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