If you hate cleaning flintlock m/l rifle barrels , get a garden hose fixture for your laundry sink. put a piece of clear tubing on a piece of auto store brake line. One small hose clamp on either end of the tubing clamped to the garden hose fitting and the auto brake line..............How to clean your gun.........Remove the lock , and w/a tooth brush , hold the dirty parts of the lock under the water tap and brush clean. Dry and lube the lock parts. Next , insert the brake line into the m/l barrel completely to the to the breech plug face ,and turn the hot tap water on. Hold a finger over the touch hole until the outside of the barrel is warm. Obviously , while the water is on , hold the muzzle over the sink to let the dirty water run down the drain. After the barrel warms up ,turn off the water , remove the brake line ,and hose , dump the excess water from the muzzle. Run a couple patches down the bore to dry it out, and once dry ,coat the bore w/what you like. Dry and lube the lock, and install it on the gun. As w/any freshly cleaned gun , sit the muzzle down on a rag to absorb any oil or residue so the next time you run a patch down before loading , all will be dry. Sounds complicated, but assembling the three hose clamps on the brake line , and water bib connection , should be easy for any half baked m/l mechanic. The soot and excess lube , goes down the drain , and once the contraption is made , cleaning a barrel is quick , and easy , and pinned barrels never have to be taken out of the wood. Been using my hose rig for near half a century , with great success............oldwood
