Windex with Vinigar is good but avoid windex with amonia. I like plain hot water as well as MAP which is equal parts of Murphy's oil soap, isopropyl Alcohol and hydrogen Peroxide to cean barrels and just wipe up the mess. I did use Wonder Lub but have found rust afterward and now use Fluid Film (find it at your farm supply store) on all my BP pistols and muzzel loading shotguns and rifles and have never pulled a "brown" rag through a bore since. I use FFF in all pistols but FF works great in .36 cal and above. The standard Military pistol loads were 1 1/2 dram (35 gr) for Dragoons, 1 dram (28 gr) for 44 Army, 3/4 dram (20 gr) for .36 Navy and 1/2 dram (14 gr) for the 32's. These are all by volume and not weight
I have shot smokeless loads after BP loads without event and am curious of the ramifications? Sure don't want to screw up!
Harry
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