I'm trying to find out what's causing brown residue to accumulate in the barrel of my Lyman .54 Trade Rifle after I clean it. I'm still kinda new at muzzleloading, so I don't really have a cleaning routine yet but basically what I do is take the barrel off, remove the nipple, run some solvent down the barrel and start swabbing with wet patches till they're clean. Then I run clean dry patches down the barrel till they're clean and dry. I put it back together and run some bore butter down the barrel. The last couiple of times I've done this, I've gone back after a few days and run a clean patch down the barrel and it's come out with some rusty brown-looking stuff on it. It looks like rust to me, but I don't know what's causing it if I have clean dry patches after cleaning. Does bore butter turn color with age? If it is rust, what could be causing it? I store my gun in its case in a closet in the basement with a de-humidifier in it.
I appreciate any help you can give me.
Russ52
I appreciate any help you can give me.
Russ52