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Originally Posted by john rogers
A couple of the old timers use water only, boiling hot no less and the flush the bore until the water comes out clean then dry with patches. Wait a bit they say until you can hold the barrel but NOT cooled off and then oil it with Remoil. They make a point of not letting the barrel cool off completely. That is also taken from 1860's Army rifle instructions.
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Yup, you want enough heat to steam off any moisture left ...