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MUSKET CARE -SPECIAL!!!
It's time to do that SPRING CLEANING for this year's campaigns. I recommend a total "off the stock, clean and inspect every part" procedure. I have a special for all muskets dropped off to me at the Yale Round Mtn. reenactment. I will do the complete off-the-stock deep cleaning,inspection, re-lubricate and rust preventative, and polish for just $15.00. AND... deliver it to you at the Battalion muster.. March 18th! LIMITED TIME ONLY order now.
ALSO AVAILABLE!
This dry weather is affecting your Leather! If its not cracking now ..it soon will be! Preserve it now! I also clean and re-juvinate accouterment leather gear.(belt,capbox,cartridge box and bayonet scabbard)
Only $5.00 additional with musket cleaning purchase!"
reserve your cleaning now... dont wait until its too late! TOM MORPHEW AT HAMMERTIME MUSKET CARE!
"I love you man! This looks wonderful" Cpt. Kalkbrenner upon receiving his cleaned musket
"This is a great job and It was so easy for me." Sgt P.L. Parault
"My original Remington pistol had a rust problem. Tom takes great care in his work. Now it looks great and without hurting the authentic finish." SgtMjr Preston Ware
HAMMERTIME MUSKET CARE...what you get!
Well first of all you dont have to clean your musket after the reenactment! Just give it to me and I'll take it to my shop and give it a through "off-the-stock' cleaning and maintainance.....then return it to you sparkling clean at the next Battalion reenactment!
Lock- remove, disasemble, clean and reasemble with m60 high-temperature grease.
Barrel- remove and throughly clean with patches, brush and grease. Outside of barrel is cleaned and polished
Cone (nipple)- remove, clean and reassemble with m60 high temperature, anti-seize grease on the threads
Trigger assembley and buttplate- remove, clean, grease and reassemble
Stock- clean and treat with wax.
I do all this for the incrediblely low price of just $20.00! ($15-special price until Feb 26th )
The above Springfield (pictured before cleaning) is a company "loaner". The last person to use this rifle didnt clean it after firing and..... left it out in the rain, then brought it back weeks later and left it in the Captains garage!
1/26/06 I am working on an original Enfield to replace broken lock parts. Will be a fine rifle when its repaired..I will post a picture.
TOM MORPHEW AT HAMMERTIME MUSKET CARE!
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Always use a good penetrating oil. Contrary to popular thinking...don't use WD-40. It is not designed to penetrate and evaporates quickly leaving your firearm unprotected and ready to rust!
Military Gun grease can be found in inexpensive small tins at Army Surplus stores. My favorite is M60 machine gun grease which I use on the cone threads and lock.
NATURAL LUBRICANTS- Beef tallow (you can use a piece of Bacon fat) is probably the most authentic rust preventative. If you useThompson Center's Natural Lube 1000 Plus Bore Butter it will eventually "season" the bore and make your gun a little easier to clean in the future.
CAMP SPARKLE- mix a little bit of camp ashes and water to form a paste (yup they did it in '63) on a patch to remove rust and clean your metal parts on the OUTSIDE. Dont put this on your stock or in your barrel. Also a piece of leather carried in your ol haversack will shine up your lock and barrel as well. Another thing that will shine 'er up is to rub it with a piece of burlap!
YEARLY MAINTAINANCE- At least once a year the lock should be removed, cleaned and a heavy "protecting" grease applied. Water from cleaning seeps behind the lock and will rust it if not maintainted.