I have spent most of this evening reading up on the various rituals between shots for accuracy and/or easier loading.
My CVA Wolf is pretty hard to clean between shots. I can’t run a dry patch nor a spit patch straight to the bottom without some effort, then a WHOLE LOT of effort to get it back out. I usually run it down until I feel some resistance then run ever lengthening strokes. Very careful not to run it too deep so it won’t stick, until I finally bottom out. It will stick easily on the fouling from JUST ONE SHOT of 777.
I have some Thundercloud presaturated patches that make it a whole lot easier. The container says “presaturated” but they are just barely damp with anything, I do not think you could wring a drop out of them if you tried. The gun also loads a lot more easily after a Thundercloud patch followed by a dry one. But I worry about the effect on my accuracy, seems very poor after I run these.
I keep denatured alcohol on hand at home for airgun projects. Next range trip I plan to run a Thundercloud patch followed by an alcohol patch, then a dry one.
I also plan to try firing three shot groups from a clean bore with no prep to simulate shooting a cold clean bore with two quick follow ups. As well as thoroughly cleaning, between each shot.
I have read that 777 cleanup is the easiest except for Blackhorn 209. I have also read that some GOEX black powder is actually easier to swab between shots that 777. What about Pyrodex?
Besides Blackhorn 209, what is the easiest powder to swab between shots?
My CVA Wolf is pretty hard to clean between shots. I can’t run a dry patch nor a spit patch straight to the bottom without some effort, then a WHOLE LOT of effort to get it back out. I usually run it down until I feel some resistance then run ever lengthening strokes. Very careful not to run it too deep so it won’t stick, until I finally bottom out. It will stick easily on the fouling from JUST ONE SHOT of 777.
I have some Thundercloud presaturated patches that make it a whole lot easier. The container says “presaturated” but they are just barely damp with anything, I do not think you could wring a drop out of them if you tried. The gun also loads a lot more easily after a Thundercloud patch followed by a dry one. But I worry about the effect on my accuracy, seems very poor after I run these.
I keep denatured alcohol on hand at home for airgun projects. Next range trip I plan to run a Thundercloud patch followed by an alcohol patch, then a dry one.
I also plan to try firing three shot groups from a clean bore with no prep to simulate shooting a cold clean bore with two quick follow ups. As well as thoroughly cleaning, between each shot.
I have read that 777 cleanup is the easiest except for Blackhorn 209. I have also read that some GOEX black powder is actually easier to swab between shots that 777. What about Pyrodex?
Besides Blackhorn 209, what is the easiest powder to swab between shots?