I’ve been pondering this question for sometime so what would the frontiersman do with a loaded rifle that was dirty? If he was in a fight with some hostiles and had been firing his weapon and reloaded it after firing what would he do leave it dirty and load it? I can’t imagine those guys wasting powder and ball Firing the weapon just so they can clean it and reload it. But if they don’t clean it Corrosion eat the barrel up What do y’all think? Did they really take the time and trouble to clean the rifles properly out on the frontier
