Cleaning rifle with pinned barrel

[Dogshirt]

My GPR .54 is Big Kobuk, when I change to the .50 he's Little Kobuk. These are two dogs I've had in the past. Big 'buk was grampa to Little 'buk.
I used to do competion weight pull with little 'buk(little meaning 75 lbs instead of the 145 lbs his grampa weighed). I was looking for a name that fit
a rifle with 2 barrels and Kobuk jumped out at me one day. Kobuk in Yupik Inuit means "Big Dog"  and that sure fits my .54! That and doing everything
I ask of it is just what my 2 old boys (now gone on) did! I don't have a Kobuk in my dog yards right now, but I have one in my gun cabinet!

[BE Wild Willy]

Thanks for the cleaning tips that can be used on my longrifle.

[beowulf]

my .40 cal southern rifle , has a curly cherry stock . it`s long sleek and pretty as a picture , its name is emmylou ! named after my favorite country singer !

[Red Badger]

Oh where to start....

The pratice of naming a gun is something some do and others do not... I have not seen the necessity of naming any of my modern guns, but when I got my first M/L ( a cabella's 54 cal hawkin knock off) It was a present from some friends in the Colorado DNR... The rifle was in the possesson of a feller caught poaching elk so it was named Poacher... just seemed right at the time....

"Patience" got her name when she arrived at my house from TVM on a cold sleeting day and I was ready to take her outside and test her out in the cold misserable damp, but as I held her in front of the fireplace for pictures I am sure she whispered "Patience, I am here and we will be together for the rest of your life..."  And No I was not drinking at that moment!

of course Bulldog lady has taken the bait also and named all her M/L's too....

[azwidget]

I'm really enjoying all the rifle naming stories, and I promise I'll take my time coming up with a name. Otherwise she'll be called "Oh Crap" for the first ball I shoot and miss the target!

[BE Wild Willy]

Gonna have to consider naming my flinter, for some reason I'm leaning towards Ol' Betsie. She's a little plain, especially compared to some of your beauties, but I'm starting to grow quite fond of her.

[smokepolebeck]

my first custom gun was a J.P.Beck 44 swamped rice barrel builder sealed stock although he does not favor wd 40  take fine nozzle and run down both sides of barrel will seep in and help protect bottom of barrel.As for name..... Beckie my first love

[Hanshi]

My guns never say anything to me except, BOOM!.

[flintboomer]

My guns never say anything to me except, BOOM!.

And mine speak to the deer and elk, but all I hear is the BOOM when the sights are right!   

[Black Jack]

There are little gadgets you can buy that consist of a fitting that replaces the vent liner to which is attached a piece of plastic tubing (like aquarium pump tubing) three or so feet long. You submerge the end of the tube in a bucket of water or whatever mix you use and it allows you to pump the cleaning solution in and out of the barrel. These allow you to flush the barrel, particularly the breech end, pretty effectively. With the proper fitting, they can replace the nipple on a caplock with non-removeable barrel to accomplish the same end.  Track of the Wolf has them in sizes for several rifles and I'm sure they are available from most large suppliers.