Witches Brew for Cleaning?

[Pigeonroost Slim]

So, we have learned that there is more than one way to skin a cat.  I shoot twice or three times a week, if I can.  Three to five guns to clean.  I don't bother doing a full house cleaning on each gun every time I shoot.  I usually only bother to clean the barrels and cylinders.  A few times a year I clean them to Pristine condition.  I don't use the popular Wheesle Piss (alcholol, Murphy's, and Hydrogen peroxide; but it is safe and OK for a range cleaner).

For routine cleaning I use nylon bristle brush jag dipped into scalding hot soapy water with a dib of Ballistol added.  I rinse the bristle jag under the hot water tap and repeat until the black is gone.  Then I swab with a similarly soaked cotton patch and follow-up with bore butter or Ballistol.  Notice I said soap and not detergent.  Detergent will remove your elusive barrel cure.  Hot water will not, soap willnot, scalding hot soapy water seems not to -- but makes me wonder, live steam does for sure so nix the little steam machine.

fFr full house clenaing I use a stock pot and heat water to a scald, add some soap and some Ballistol.  Remove the grips and put the revolvers right in the pot to cook a bit.  My irons are SS, so beware this if yours are case colored, OR fake case colored.  Use tooth brusH and nylon jag to clean and they flash dry leaving Ballsitol coating on them.  Lube critical areas with Ballistol or borebutter.  I use a patch on the destocked rifle to pump the scaling soapy ballistol water in and out of the barrels and all loose parts are cooked like the revolvers.  Its EZ and FAST, and EFFECTIVE.

If your loading technique is good, your lube is good, and your using real quality Holy Blck; then there is not much mess to clean any way.

prs

[J.W.Neely]

Walley World was having a 'close out' on some TC # 13 blackpowder cleaner, so  cheap guy that I am I bought some, even came with patches, bore brush , and jag, all fer  $ 2. ( reg $12 ,but that is why they were getting rid of it , nobody was paying 12 bucks for it )...... anyway, the #13 cleaner works real good, I mean a it cuts the crud out of a sooty barrel quicker than  the French run from a fight.
I normally just use boiling water, scrub, more boiling water, let dry then finish  with gun oil, but I must admit , that # 13 stuff does work.