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Flintlock Long Guns / Re: Gatorade Bottles Taking a Serious Beating...!!
« Last post by No Powder on Today at 10:29:54 AM »Good job buddy. Did you go to school to learn how to catch all those muzzleloaders they keep throwing at you ?
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... The only rifle I have that will get brown on the patch, is one that had some rust in the barrel when I bought it. Worked on it with Scotch Brite and steel wool wrapped around a smaller caliber brush. I believe the brown is still some minor rust that is still in there and is loosened up by the oily patch that I run down the barrel after cleaning. I believe over a period of time it will finally disappear.
Yup, I totally concur, Sir.
Could the light gray I see on a patch be graphite? 🤔
Could be, but more than likely a highly diluted amount of powder residue. This is kinda like coffee drinkers staining their teeth over a relatively long period of time, and now trying to get the brown out is like pulling teeth or resorting to acids that can/will do harm.
I will add that both post powder corning glazing and graphite is typically done to most commercial powders. I've heard that Swiss uses a Lot of graphite. The reason for the glazing and graphite is to allow the powder to flow more freely. Powder that is neither glazed or graphite coated will clump up in powder measures and horns. I will only glaze and never have a need for graphite. "Glazing" means to mill just the completed powder (no media in the mill, just loose freshly corned/compressed powder) to knock off any sharp edges - again, to make the powder freely flow out of containers.






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