i used to go out and buy "today's" copper cleaner and gun oil. i found that Sweets, Shooters Choice and Gunslick's foaming bore cleaner was it. i tried Hoppes, Froglube, Barnes, Montana...you name, i probably bought it.
now for gun oil it is either non-aerosol Ballistol (short storage) or aerosol G96 Gun Treatment (long storage). i'll use G96 if i buy a rifle, either new or used.
i shoot cast bullets in my rifles and revolvers. fit is King. i usually go .002 or .003" above the bore size. my 30-40 Krag and 444 Marlin are about 4500-5000 rounds out of them. the bore is still bright and shiny as the day i cleaned them. i will use Ballistol on the rifles, but never inside the bore. well, i clean the bore about after 1000 rounds. and by clean, i'll take a Ballistol patch that goes thru the bore about 4 or 5 times.
i also use Ballistol on my muzzleloaders.
