restore that bore for ease of cleaning and loading.
get a range rod with a jag that will fit with a patch of scotch bright pad , green or purple.
any polishing compound works. about 100 swabs will bring you much joy when the crud ring starts to build.

make white smoke!.

the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~