[ARCHIVED THREAD] - cleaning firearms

Posted: 7/21/2016 9:18:26 AM EDT

How and what did they have to clean firearms between 1850 to 1900. Thanks to all that reply.

Posted: 7/21/2016 6:49:51 PM EDT

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How and what did they have to clean firearms between 1850 to 1900. Thanks to all that reply.

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Soap and water.

That's the best stuff to use with black-powder, even today.

Early smokeless used a variety of stuff, Hatcher's Notebook has a few of them.

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