As you know from another thread, I recently shot my Little Fella rifle for the first time. This session also involved three variations in the way I do things with an ml rifle. First, I used Swiss 3Fg powder. I have had a supply on the shelf for years but never used any in a rifle before. For cleaning, I used a little bit of Dawn dishwasher liquid in water. Very amazing, after only two swabs with wet, but not dripping, patches the bore was clean. I really dreaded the possibility of accidentally using too much water and damaging the finish on the stock. Third, when finished I used Barricade inside the bore and wiped the lock and surrounding area with it also. I don't know if the Swiss contributed to a less than muddy, yuckky bore or if the Dawn just did an exceptional job of cleaning. But....what the hey....Swiss and Dawn, if it works I'm not going to argue. That is now my new routine.