In the contect of the discussion about "fouling a bore"....my words of "a still clean bore" were in thatcontext.....of not having fired the rifle creating a "fouled bore", therefore a "still clean bore" in that respect.

You can do whatever you like...if you don't mindfouling your bores then sitting in the woods witha fouled borefor several hours, go for it, that's your choice.

It's not required for anything associated with muzzleloading, it unnecessarily fouls a rifle with corrosive residue,and I don't do it...that's my choice.

FYI...whenpullingor blowing out a load with compressed air,thereare wiping/lubing steps involved...of course...been doing it since the late 80's...works perfectly.