I liberally smear the bore, the lock, and the barrel around the lock and touch hole with my homemade beeswax mix patch/chamber lube and squirt some moose milk into the chamber through the touch hole when I'm done shooting, and before I case up and go home, and .... honestly (ducking behind cover) ... I've waited as long as five days to do the full and meticulous cleaning, and ... I've never had a problem with anything rusting!!How long do you wait to clean your muzzleloader after shooting?
(Though I don't recommend doing it that way, I am saying there's room for a little flexibility here wait-wise if you just do a little pretreatment at the range when done shooting).
wiscoaster will be in his bunker