ScottH said:I shot my .54 hawken last sunday.
As soon as shooting was over for the day the gun was cleaned as follows.
I sprayed some "moose milk" (mixture of distilled water, castor oil, 91% rubbing alcohol, witch hazel, and murphy's oil soap) in the barrel after removing the nipple. Then set the breech end in a bucket with barely warm, almost cool, water in the bottom. With a cleaning patch on a .54 brass jag on my bench rod water was pumped in and out of the breech end of the barrel. After the water bath it was onto clean dry patches until they came out clean and dry. Then after it was good and dry a patch with my preferred bore oil was used to oil the bore slightly. I checked it this morning and it was bright shiney clean, no rust, ready for the next shooting session. I live in dry eastern Washington.
I thought "moose milk" was Ballistol and water?