Tallbald
Buckeye
Lots of food and family at my inlaws house today. They have a small farm we can shoot on too. Took my latest ROA (7.5 inch stainless with adjustable sights) to try for the first time. Am still new to blackpowder so I had read up a lot on it. Used Triple 7, wonder wads and swaged roundballs with CCI number 11 caps. Was tin can accurate at 75 feet. Everyone loved the smoke and boom. Also everyone had to try my wife's NAA mini ("It's so tiny it's looks like a toy" and "It's just so cute!!"). Introduced my mom-in-law to handgun shooting, as well as the 19 year old girlfriend of my nephew. Love introducing others to such fun.
Now to the cleanup. As I write this my ruger is field stripped and in the dishwasher with the dishes ( shop dishes not to eat from--old washer used for lawn care stuff) and phosphate based dishwasher soap on high temp wash for pots and pans. Hope I'm doing the right thing. I'll remove the nipples for a more thorough cleaning afterwards, and a good hot second rinse and air compressor blowout. I'm not sure what to do about the lockwork. Do I have to take it down to the last screw for a cleaning? Thanks for comments and help. Don
Now to the cleanup. As I write this my ruger is field stripped and in the dishwasher with the dishes ( shop dishes not to eat from--old washer used for lawn care stuff) and phosphate based dishwasher soap on high temp wash for pots and pans. Hope I'm doing the right thing. I'll remove the nipples for a more thorough cleaning afterwards, and a good hot second rinse and air compressor blowout. I'm not sure what to do about the lockwork. Do I have to take it down to the last screw for a cleaning? Thanks for comments and help. Don