Cleaning and maintenace

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Originally Posted by boogaloo

Then I will use some WD40 and swab with that until dry

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Daniel I like the idea of WD40 before oil in the cleaning process as it was designed as a water displacement formula. Then some good gun oil.

Safe hunting folks,

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Originally Posted by impact

The powder I shoot with is the BH209 so I treat my T/C ML the same as all my other rifles and shotguns. Remove the breach plug and let it soak in Hoppes #9 while I swab the barrel with a brush and patch saturated with the solvent. I finish off with a patch lightly coated with G96 for a mirror finish inside the barrel.

Most of my time is spent on the breach plug as it is critical that it be sparkling clean for proper channeling of the flame to ignite the powder. I use CCI 209M primers and they are incredibly dirty. Just a few shots leave a hard deposit so tools are required to remove the accumulation such as a 1/8" drill bit slowly turned by hand and a sewing needle to pick off the stubborn residue.

Other than that, a wipe of the exterior with a cloth and G96 plus cleaning the optics with lens fluid and it is good as new.

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I do the same, plus use plumbing teflon tape on the breach plug thread, keeps it clean and easy to remove

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Originally Posted by G.S.

I do the same, plus use plumbing teflon tape on the breach plug thread, keeps it clean and easy to remove

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Great idea! It has never been a concern removing the breach plug as the powder does not create a crud ring however I do put a very fine film of grease on the threads anyway just to be safe. Super Lube contains PTFE (Teflon).

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