[John Rogers]

We have some shooters that are using original "muskets" that are made in some sort of brown colored barrel material and they are original flintlocks from the 1840's or so and have no pitting or corrosion in or on the barrels. One was owned by a great great great grand father and he used it and cleaned it as noted above. He moved west I was told in ox pulled wagons, shot a few Indians (sorry everyone but that is how it was told) and passed it on. Made his own round balls, about 69 or 70 caliber, made their own patches, own lube from buffalo fat and boiling water to clean after firing. The guns look like they were made a year or two ago, amazing.

Make sure to pull the barrel off and clean and oil the barrel where it is in the barrel channel or better yet make the barrel float so it only is tight down at the wedges as I have with mine. Also rub a bit of Linseed Oil in the barrel too.

I was hoping Jeff would chime in on how he cleans after black powder shooting?