Cleaning in the field

[hanshi]

FWIW, When shooting at the range, etc. I just run a wet patch or two down the bore and follow with a couple of dry patches; that's it. When I get home the thorough cleaning takes place. In my hunting days I never worried over it and just saved the cleaning for when I returned home.

 

[William Sublette]

I was just thinking about my cleaning routine vs the process the mountain men, or frontiersmen used.

Those guys didn't have unlimited cleaning patches, or kick ass gun oil.

What was their method?

 

[ohio ramrod]

If I know I will be going home the next day or two. I just run some alcohol patches down and out, then oil it heavily until I get home and throughly clean it.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Old timers might have had some rusty guns too. Who knows?

 

[Rob M.]

Water patches till shes clean , couple dry patches , then an oil.patch ...easy peezy