Ok....so it's been a while since I last posted anything. I thought it might be good to post some useful, I mean truly useful information on here, as opposed to just my opinion on one topic or another. So, with it being hunting season and so forth, I thought it would be good, for the hunters out there in cyber land, to post a recipe for powder solvent. I have only used this for muzzleloaders that shot either Pyrodex or just plain black powder, and mostly Pyrodex. It works extremely well for me and I thought it would be nice to pass it along. Quite simply it is 3 parts of common liquids that most homes have on the shelf. It is as follows:
1 part isopropyl alcohol (clear)
1 part hydrogen peroxide
1 part Murphy's oil soap
The nice thing about it is you can make as much or as little as you like. I never rinse it. I just come back over whatever part of the gun I've used it on with either Bore Butter or gun oil. I use it until the barrel swabs get clean. It saves for years, literally. I usually make about a liter at a time.
I gotta give credit to my cousin Karry Poovey who remembered this recipe. He tells me that Howard Cline had told him about it years ago.
Thanks Poovey, I'll pass this along to my sons because they use black powder guns a lot. You guys are keeping with that pioneer spirit.....Thanks a million for the info. I'll share it with them.
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