Keeping the patent chamber clean

[deerstalkert]

being terminally lazy, i bought a wall paper steamer and attached a length of tubing to the wand. run that into the breech and the coal is flushed out. follow that with a swab with soap and then repeat the steam . final chore is just a clean patch to get most of the moisture and a patch with a mixture of 91% alcohol and ballistol. the hot barrel dries the alcohol, leaving a coat of ballistol.
snap a cap on the percussions and a swab with alcohol in the flinters and they are ready to shoot.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

That could be a problem too, a cleaning jag has it's shape so that a patch will slide down, then bunch up a little to pull fouling out of the bore.
You might be actually pushing fouling into the fire channel with the patch/brush set up.

Xactly.

 

[necchi]

Thanks for that cleaning tip,,

Good job digging into the archives new guy,, ,
It's not just my shared stuff, but with all the knowledge and experience shared here through the years by the many sage shooters.
When you see the same kind of questions appear for years,, and then start seeing the same answers for years,
It's a good bet the technique works. You can learn from that,