switching back and forth between BP and smokeless the easy way

[Adirondack Jack]

If ya shoot BP in yer rifles, but now and again like to use smokeless, ya know it can a pain to get em cleaned and lubed properly for the stuff yer gonna use next.

I've tried a lotta methods with the Marlin, but none works as well as
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one fer the smokeless, and one fer the real deal.   

[Sod Buster]

I've tried a lotta methods with the Marlin, but none works as well as
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one fer the smokeless, and one fer the real deal.   

I agree!  It's the the only way to go.   

[Silver Creek Slim]

Good point. 

Slim

[Dick Dastardly]

I like the more guns idea.  But, when I "must" shoot smokeyless fad heathen powder in any of my main match guns, I shoot the same boolits and lube that I use with BP.  It works, cleans up easy and makes the change over easy.  Seems that Big Lube™ boolits and Pearl Lube are compatable both ways.  Nice to know.

That is, for everything but my scatterguns.  For some reason, when I'm shootn' heathen loads in 'em, I really have to clean the heck out of 'em before they run my bp ammo and clean up easy.  I just think they don't much care for plastic wads. . . .

DD-DLoS

[44caliberkid]

At last weekends shoot I used a rifle and double barrel that I hadn't cleaned since last months shoot (fired with real BP).  No corrosion or pitting of any kind.  Anywho, I ran out of BP shotshells before the end of the match and finished with 10 rounds of smokeless, factory Federal loads.  Well, this time I decided to clean guns, and when I looked down the barrel of the scattergun it was clean and shiney as new.  Not even any smokeless fouling.  Maybe I have gun cleaning elves.

[w44wcf]

I shoot both b.p. and smokeyless in the same guns.  After I shoot black,  more often than not,  I shoot a few rounds of smokeless to clean the b.p. fouling out, (like .44 Caliber Kid did with his shotgun). 

Then,  if I am somewhat lazy and don't get around to cleaning my guns before shooting them again in a week or so (normally I do),  they're ready for the next venture wether it be black or smokeless.

Works for me.....cleaning b.p. with smokeyless

w44wcf     

[J.J. Ferrett]

Me and the wifey share the same rifle when at a match. I shoot BP and she shoots Winchester factory loads.
I get up to shoot first, followed a couple of pards later by her. It DOES seem to clean the BP fouling out, and I theorized that it was the plastic wad scraping the BP stuff out.

[litl rooster]

  AJ yer a genuis

[w44wcf]

Went to the range yesterday with my .357 Marlin Cowboy rifle to shoot both some b.p. amd smokeless cartridges.  After I fired the b.p. cartridges (20) I switched over to smokeless.  After a few rounds to clean out the b.p. fouling, I settled down to shoot some groups.

Viola!  I managed to fire the best 5 shot group yet in this rifle with smokeless (less than 1" @ 50 yards)! Maybe the b.p. rounds seasoned the barrel for the smokeless!

Who'd a thunk it.

w44wcf