When I clean my musket barrel, I put the breech end in my utility sink full of hot water, and I first scrub the bore with a soapy brass brush. Next, I run a patch up and down the bore, with a pumping action to make sure the fire channel is blasted clean. Then I use a breech face scraper, and follow up with a soapy patch once again.
The soapy patch comes out basically spotless.
Then I take the barrel over to my workbench, and I run a dry patch down the bore.
This comes out dirty.
I then ran a second dry patch down the bore. It also came out dirty.
What is going on here? Is this leading?
Full size image here: https://i.imgur.com/UGZkB27.jpg
On the left is the patch from wet cleaning with soapy water in the sink.
On the right is the first dry patch down the bore.
On the top is the second dry patch down the bore.
Any ideas what is going on?
Thanks,
Steve
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