Once I get a bore conditioned and lubed with several shots, I do nothing for long periods of time, unless something goes wrong. The last thing that went wrong was that I had a throat jammer stick in the throat when I decided not to fire, and dumped a bunch of powder into my action. I brushed it out with a dry brush, then pushed a dry patch, then went back to shooting. The cast bullet guns get a bore cleaning maybe once a year, because I get bored when it's -20 outside, and the shoveling is all done.


I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.