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Run dry cleaning patches up and down both bores to dry
inside. Wipe outside of barrels with dry cloth.
9. Clean receiver area with EZ Clean ™ spray and a soft bristle
brush to remove any fouling or debris. Wipe receiver dry
with cloth.
10. Lightly coat outside and inside of barrel and all other metal
parts including the receiver with Wonderlube 1000 Plus ™ .
Apply Traditions breech plug grease to the threads of both
breech plugs.
11. Reassemble the muzzleloader.
To clean the muzzleloader without removing the barrel.
1. Make sure the gun is unloaded and unprimed.
2. Open the gun to expose both breech plugs.
3. Using the breech plug wrench, remove both breech plugs
from the barrels. Drop each of the breech plugs into the
Traditions EZ Clean
™ bath and let soak until you are finished
cleaning your barrels and other parts of the muzzleloader.
Use a pipe cleaner and dry cloth to clean the inside and
outside of the breech plugs.
4. To clean the inside of both barrels, use the convenient
Traditions foaming bore solvent - #A1758. Pump the foam
into the barrel until it comes out the other side. The solvent
begins to work immediately. Run a few dry patches up and
down the bore until they come out light grey or white.
5. Lubricate the inside and outside of both barrels with
Wonderlube 1000 Plus ™ patches - #A1362.
6. Clean the breech plug threads inside both barrels by using a
Traditions breech brush(A3878). Clean receiver area with
EZ Clean
™ spray and a soft bristle brush to remove any
fouling or debris. Dry receiver and breech area. Lightly oil
all metal surfaces.
7. Apply Traditions breech plug grease to the threads of both
breech plugs and re-install.
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XXI. CLEANING AFTER SHOOTING
CAUTION:
Before cleaning, make absolutely certain the gun is unprimed
and unloaded. Use the ramrod measuring method as described
earlier in this manual.
Clean your gun as soon as possible after your shooting session.
To leave a gun unclean in just a short amount of time can result
in serious and damaging corrosion.
ADVICE – Take care when cleaning not to get water or solvent
into the trigger assembly.
NOTE – Regardless of the cleaning method, you must remove
and thoroughly clean both breech plugs and the receiver
during each cleaning. Be certain to generously lubricate the
threads of both breech plugs with Traditions Breech plug
grease before reinstalling.
CLEANING METHOD
A thorough cleaning requires the complete disassembly of the
firearm every time you shoot your muzzleloader.
1. Make sure the firearm is unprimed and unloaded.
2. Remove the ramrod from the forend and thimble.
3. Remove the forend.
4. Remove the barrels away from the receiver by lifting up
and out.
5. Pour 8-10 inches of hot, soapy water into a secured pail.
6. Immerse the breech end of the barrels into the cleaning
solution so that the water is above the breech opening.
7. Using a cleaning patch affixed to a jag or a cleaning brush,
pump the soapy water repetitively through one barrel at a
time by raising and lowering the ramrod until bore is clean.
Repeat for the other barrel.
8. When both barrels are clean, remove them from the liquid.
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