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F O R E ST AND STREAM 
October, 191? 
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PHILIPS TRIED IT OU1 
(continued from page 609) 
barrels is a fine old “home remedy,” one 
the younger generation seems to have for¬ 
gotten, so I pass the good dope along. ] 
believe I have at last found a perfecl 
method of cleaning the “22” and all othei 
low power rifles. 
First wipe out the surface fouling with 
a few dry patches. Then requisition the 
“gudewife’s” bottle of household ammonia 
saturate a patch and send ft into the 
breech, my, but it will come out black 
Wipe fairly clean with dry patches anc 
then give the bore a second shot of ammo¬ 
nia. This time you can wipe clean anc 
finish your elbow exercise with the com¬ 
forting assurance that the barrel is abso¬ 
lutely free of powder acid. Finish by coat¬ 
ing the bore with mercuric ointment and 
the job is done. Fully 90 per cent, of the 
difficulties experienced in keeping the “22’ 
clean is caused by not completely removing 
all the powder acid left in the bore after 
firing. Ammonia is the natural extermina¬ 
tor of all acid, so why not use it? The 
mercuric ointment makes an ideal rust pre¬ 
ventive and eats away every minute trace 
of lead without attacking the steel. Thus 
both rust and leading are completely avoid¬ 
ed. Caution: When inserting the ammonia 
soaked patch into the chamber, I always 
hold the butt above the cleaning rod, so 
the excess ammonia that is squeezed out 
as the patch enters the bore does not drip 
into the action; a trick I learned in the 
old black powder days when I used to place 
the muzzle of my Sharp’s rifle in a pan 
of hot water and pump industriously. 
There are two fine old Ballard .22 caliber 
rifles in our outfit, one has been in con¬ 
stant service for over thirty years, and the 
other is a veteran of twenty-odd seasons, 
yet today they possess a degree of accuracy 
second to none of the new guns and each! 
bore shows only a mere trace of powder, 
burn at the breech, although they have bothj 
consumed uncounted thousands of car¬ 
tridges and seem only to improve with age.| 
Also neither barrel has ever shown a trace' 
of leading. I have always believed that a 
clean barrel will not lead and have yet tc 
alter that opinion, having never encoun¬ 
tered leading in my personal weapons, but 
among my friends—that’s a different story' 
Some data on that old squirrel rifle ol 
yours, illustrated with a photograph of the 
gun and some targets, would make a ver) 
interesting story. If you only lived a trifle 
nearer I would soon be asking for an in¬ 
troduction to that fine old weapon. In fact 
in these days of the high cost of ammu¬ 
nition, I really believe the old piece migh 
easily be made to enjoy an Indian summe: 
of renewed usefulness. Firing with 
muzzle loader would soon teach the tyro tc 
make every shot count and that, after all 
is the greatest lesson a young riflemai 
can learn. Today there is entirely toe 
much promiscuous shooting and too little 
intelligent practice. I have always felt tha' 
the old muzzle loader possessed a few in¬ 
herent virtues not found in any other gun 
Good night, old man, write again wher 
the spirit moves you. 
Roy S. Tinnev, 
Associate Editor. 
