[John Rogers]

We have some other shooters that use substitutes such as Pyrodex at our range in San Diego and they all have corrosion issues. I use only Goex FFG and if not careful I get a film of corrosion in the barrels also. In the past year or so I have been doing the following after shooting. I clean at the range with several wet patches of Balistol then several dry ones. At home I use the "three part cleaner" I.E. alcohol, Murphy's Oil Soap and Hydrogen Peroxide and then dry the barrel with several patches. I swab the bore down with bullet lube/Vaseline mix and then stand the rifle in the safe muzzle down, no case or anything. Some of our shooters also use Bore Butter and some use Remoil also called Remington Gun Oil and swab the bore well and store muzzle down.

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.