Barrel Seasoning

[vermontfreedom]

Observations of the best shooters at our club is that you get better performance from a barrel that has had a pantena build up in it after several sessions. The pantene seems to help make the patch seal tighter. r/ MM

That seems to confirm the practice of centerfire sharpshooters use of fouling shots and not scrubbing between groups.

[vermontfreedom]

[quote="RussBHowever, my own personal experience over the years, with the help of a good bore light, and sometimes even a good bore scope, has shown me that with normal use, and normal cleaning, ie wash the barrel with water / solvent, then dry and lube....you do get a build up in the rifling....in fact, this may well be what many refer to as "seasoning", if it is allowed to go on indefinately.[/quote]

This is what I've always believed "seasoning" meant for MLs.

[jtwodogs]

Has anyone tried Lucas gun oil (The red stuff).
Their Polymers seem to out perform some other motor oils, this stuff acts like creeping Kroil, you can close the lid as tight as you can but the stuff still creeps out, I think you guys might like it.

[shootrj2003]

when I shoot I generally clean up with hot soapy water and then bore butter inside and out,I also lube my lock with bore butter and it's never got sticky or sluggish even in bitter cold I keep it charged during muzzleloader season just no cap unless it rains then I'll shoot it out and clean and put a fresh charge when I go out again.This  method works well for me