little joe - what I am saying, is our barrels clean perfectly with ordinary cold or cool tap water. Does that mean all the oil is shot out? I don't know, does it? Does it mean that with the fire
and pressure generated when shooting, that the oil has been changed to something that cleans well with just water? I do not know, but I know that our guns clean with just plain cold water.
I know that the fouling is "moist" & that the next load goes in a down easily, with zero wiping - every time. If you wait for 5minutes before loading again, the bore will be dry and that previous
shot's fouling will be dry and crusty when shoving down the next one - which is why we load immediately after firing the gun - we only prime on the firing line, though.
There is no oily residue in the bore - none, which is likely why it cleans so easily with plain water, just as Holland and Holland of England instructed. They said to NEVER use hot water due to the
flash rusting that occurs. That, I was well aware of myself- in my TC rifle and every one of the Bauska barrels I used. They all flash rusted when hot water was used for cleaning. After reading
that letter from that world renowned gun maker and following their instructions, I never had another barrel flash-rust, nor did I ever rust a gun's bore.
I'd think a gun maker who builds rifles & shotguns costing way over - well - POA (Price On Request) - & has been in business for almost 200 years making those fines rifles and shotguns, might know what they were
talking about. The last rifle they made for Prince Charles, was something close to $250,000.00. They do make guns for the 'peasants' like us, that only cost $20,000.00 to $60,000.00- pre-owned,
of course.
