Cleaning black powder cowboy action guns Part 3 revolvers.mov

[darkwriter77]

Nice. I've always been kinda intimidated by black powder guns simply because so many people complain about how horrible they are to clean and all. But seeing this, it really doesn't look like THAT big of a chore - a bit more time-consuming and perhaps a little more messy, but the principle isn't really THAT different from what I go through in cleaning, say, my Mosin-Nagant 91/30 after shooting corrosive surplus ammo. Good info!

[candiwest]

this is awesom

[MrSchpankme]

I've always used "kerosene".

[lisar3006]

I am a boiling water and soap man myself. I take my guns apart every single time because I do use water. This looks easier I will give it a try.

[mnharris10]

Thanks Mike for another video.

You mentioned the little fouling resulting from the .44-40. Do you get more fouling back in the chambers or action with other calibers?

Thanks again for the videos.

[duelist1954]

@mnharris10 .44-40 and .38-40 are both great at limiting fouling blow back due to their bottleneck design. I don't have much trouble with .45 Colt because I use 250-grain bullets and a tight crimp. If you use 200-grain bullets in .45 you'll see more blowback. For me, .44 Colt and .44 Spl produce the most action fouling, and even they aren't bad.

[okiinu]

Thanks, these were very helpful.

[colljo7]

Thanks for your vids. Mike!!!

[PAR3DOC]

Mike, is your process similar for smokeless powder?

[duelist1954]

@PAR3DOC Yeah. I use a patch soaked in Kroil to clean the chambers and bore instead of the Ballisol/water mix. But I finish up with an overall spritz of straight Ballistol spray...then I wipe it off.