The tc strike uses two types of primer adapters...one says for general purpose and loose powder, the other primer adapter says it is for loose granular powder. Any idea which one would work better with Blackhorn 209?
Anybody have any tips or recommendations on the cleaning process?
I just cleaned the barrel from the breach outward with about three wet patches of black horn 209 cleaner, then I ran two dry patches, then I ran two seasoned patches. When I was pushing through the patches I was using an up-and-down motion back-and-forth back-and-forth from the breach all the way down to the muzzle. This seemed to get the barrel good and clean and I guess the seasoned patches will protect it? When I was pushing the Jag all the way out The muzzle, I would unscrew the Jag and pull the rod back through before reloading the Jag.
The Strike has the breach threading external of the bore. When I took off the breach adapter I looked at the threading on both the breach adater(internal) and barrel (external) this area seemed unaffected , so I did not do any cleaning to it as it appeared to have a little grease on the threads and was basically clean. I took out the primer adapter, and threw it in one of those breech plug bottles, then shook it up and let it sit for a while. Then later took it out and dried it. I did not have anything to clean down inside of it so I just had to dry it and hope it dried out on the inside. I tried to towel it down the best I could. I did not put any grease on this I just put it back in to the rifle and then reattached the breach adapter over the top of it.
I did not use any brushes. Do I need to use a bore brush? This External threading does not appear that it will need much cleaning. Should I have a lube or put grease on the breach adapter or primer adapter?
Basically all I did was clean the barrel as described, take out and clean the primer adapter as described, then put the primer adapter back in dry. Then put the rifle back together. Then wipe down the outside of the metal on the rifle lightly with a T-shirt.
Just looking for advice on cleaning. This is my first time cleaning one.
Also after my brother and I put our exact same TC strike rifles side-by-side for comparison we both clearly preferred the Leupold ultimate slam 3-9 over the Nikon inline 3-9. We actually pulled the Nikon off and are putting it on a backup rifle. The Nikon has better eye relief but other than that we both preferred the Leupold. After shouldering both rifles the eye relief is not a big enough factor to choose the Nikon imo. This is not to say bad things about the Nikon or anyone who chose this scope. At this point I am keeping mine. It is a very popular Scope with lots of Eye relief, but I prefer the Leupold imo for the glass, clarity, reticle, field of view etc. I am just putting in this comment for reference if anyone is trying to decide a scope for the tc strike.
Unfortunately I have actually only got to shoot two shots out of my rifle so far. The way things worked out when we went to shoot, we didn't have time to accomplish a lot and some distractions happened. I think I'm close to zeroed at 100 yards amazingly, since my gun was shooting exactly the same hole as my brothers at 20 yards before we started sighting in (we both have same gun, rings, scope installed by us). He told me the adjustments that he had made to his scope. I made the same adjustments and on my second shot was within 3 inches of the target at 100 yards. I have since tried to make the 3 inch adjustment but have not got another shot yet.
We are also using the Frankfort scale. I just started setting the tare to 0 with the Empty Blackhorn 209 tubes on the scale . Then trying to fill the tubes and recheck the weight until I got it close to 80 grains. I noticed at times that the weight would fluctuate on the scale when the tube was sitting on the scale without moving. It makes me wonder how consistent of a reading I am getting. It seems like I was mainly filling tubes for my brother as he was shooting.
We were trying to use 80 grains of BH209 and 300 grain Parker BEs. I'm not used to heavy recoil as all my other guns have brakes and flash hiders. This load has a pretty good amount of recoil and I'm definitely making sure I have the butt pad firmly in the right place on my shoulder before firing. It gives a pretty good jolt, and requires making sure you have the gun firmly in your shoulder so you don't get hit by the scope. It was pretty fun to shoot, but I don't know if I would want to do it all day long. How much difference is there in the recoil between the 300 grain and 250 grain?
I'm just trying to give my experience, but also asking for advice or suggestions? How many grains should I use of BH209 with the 300 BE.?
Thanks