Cleaning Frontier Firearms

[Santa Fe]

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

 

[westrayer]

Proper maintenance of any tool is essential. Especially when you might only have one available, and replacement is far away. I would think that at least run a patch or two down the barrel up to the loaded chamber.

 

[wiscoaster]

It's a wonderment to me they kept their weapons clean without Dawn and Ballistol.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

It's baffling that they could even shoot without an entire box of shooting supplies

They cleaned their weapons. Remember every able bodied man was required to be in the militia. They were trained to maintain their firelocks.

Don't assume we know more than they did. They were out there living it daily!