Help with Springfield Musket Cleaning

[bangorbrownie]

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I have a reproduction 1861 musket that I purchased second hand. It did not come with any cleaning jags. I am in need to purchase these but do not know what thread size to buy. I checked the barrel and it only says "Made in Japan." I took the ramrod to the hardware stores and the thread size they matched it to is 12 X 24 which does not match anything I see in all the sutler descriptions online or even eBay.

Please Help!

Brownie

 

[johan_steele]

Track of the wolf will have what you need.

 

[frontrank2]

You can also check out the Blockade Runner for complete cleaning kits. http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg2.htm
You're probably better off with one of these instead of the ramrod.

 

[frontrank2]

BTW, I've found that cleaning rods are ergonomically easier, faster, and do a more thorough job than using a worm on a ramrod for cleaning out the barrel.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy.

 

[frontrank2]

One more suggestion if I may, make sure you obtain a nipple wrench. Each time, after I take my musket out to shoot, I always remove the nipple and take a q-tip to clean out the threads, then putting a tiny bit of oil to lubricate the threads. One time I forgot and when I finally went to unscrew the nipple............ rusted solid!

 

[Craig L Barry]

You probably have one of the excellent but long out of production Miroku US 1861s, probably the best reproduction made in terms of quality, feature accuracy, correctness of weight, etc. I would echo the recommendations to use a cleaning rod or something other than the ramrod that comes with the rifle-musket for cleaning purposes.

 

[frontrank2]

How to properly clean your blackpowder musket from the Winchester Sutler ( BTW, they have one piece cleaning rods which I prefer over the multiple piece ones )
CLEANING YOUR MUSKET

1. Use a good black powder solvent designed to neutralize & remove the highly hygroscopic residues which result from firing your musket. We suggest MooseMilk Black Powder Solvent & Patch Lubricant
   • Leave a spent cap on the nipple.
   • Pour about a half ounce of solvent in the barrel
   • Put thumb over the barrel, and shake it all around
   • Use a Musket Cleaning Rod with a Brass Cleaning Brush of the appropriate size to scrub the barrel
   • Pour out the solvent
   • Pull hammer back
   • Remove spent cap
   • Run 100% cotton cleaning patches of the appropriate size, one at a time, on a cleaning jag, down your barrel, until they come up dry
   • Alternate solvent saturated patches with dry patches until you come up clean
   • Scrub the outside of bolster with an old toothbrush and solvent
   • Unscrew nipple using a Musket Nipple Wrench
   • Clean inside of nipple with Musket Nipple Pick, brush, and solvent
   • Wipe dry. Grease the threads of the nipple and screw back into bolster tight
   • Oil all metal parts of your gun including bore.