I help run a black powder shoot every other year for a large group of 14-15 year-old scouts. Last time we fired 9,000 balls in 2 days. We disassemble and clean the guns every night. I found hot soapy water was better than Ballistol. We also swabbed with moose milk. ( cutting oil mixed with water i think) a patch of this was better than Ballistol.

We used 777. I have a couple bottles of ballistol but don't use it much. Maybe there's A niche i haven't found


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