Using Murphy's oil soap.

[Howard Pippin]

Someplace on this site I read about using Murphy's oil soap for patch lube. It sounded quite interesting, so I tried it, and I can say I was impressed. Consecutive shots loaded very easily without cleaning in between and cleanup was a snap. Of course I use boiling water is the first pass in my Hawkins type barrel with it removed. I shoot a flint-er, and the spray Murphy's oil soap seem to do a very excellent job of cleaning out the rest of the residue. I realize this might not be traditional lube, but then neither is my gun original or my casting materials. I just enjoyed the challenge of Flintlock hunting, and the turkey shoots that I'm able to attend. Today I will reclean the gun using wonder lube.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Of course I use boiling water

That is another often debate subject here. Many claim hot/boiling water not necessary for cleaning. Others disagree. I use straight out of the tap.

 

[Grenadier1758]

At home I use hot water from the tap. At the range, I use the water in my canteen.
The water takes care of the bulk of the fouling. I like a drop or two of oil dissolving soap to address any oils used.

 

[Stumpkiller]

If you call it "soft soap" instead of by brand name it goes back a LONG time. Whether it was used as a lube or cleaner for firearms who can say? But the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans would have recognized soft soap.

Murphy's is a vegetable oil soft soap, and vegetable oil soft soap was first described in a papyrus from 1550 BC (animal oil soap is mentioned from at twice that old). Granted, Murphy's may use different vegetables (olives were the first mentioned) but it was arguably available and known to clean soot and grime away.

http://www.soaphistory.net/soap-history/history-of-soap/