I always thought the idea that cleaning smokeless was easier than real BP, was kind of funny.
I can clean the barrel/breech on a Hawken that's shooting real BP with one patch. Actually, I could even use that one patch over and over if I wanted too. It'also cheaper. No solvent to buy. Just a squirt of dishwashing detergent.
Smokeless has always taken 10-15 patches, and the patches were not reusable.
Cleaning shouldn't even be brought up as a reason to shoot smokeless.
Very ignorant post. I along with everyone else that I know personally that shoots smokeless muzzleloaders have never taken 10-15 patches to clean afterwards. This is also the first time I have ever heard of anyone taking that many patches to clean their smokeless muzzleloader. You don't even have one if I recall correctly? It is not necessarily all about the ease of cleaning but more of the fact that you don't have to clean.
