ORIGINAL: roundball
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.
"PULLING" a load is manual/old-fashioned way of removing the bullet, powder & patch. This word "pull" is what you used in your reply. Doing it this way requires a bore cleaning at the end of your hunting venture. So in essence, the bore is not clean when pulling a load with bore walls lathered in T/C Lube 1000 .... Bore Butter.
"PUSHING" a loadis by-means of compressed air. You did not state anything about "push". Compressed air discharges have so much force that itwould minimize powder residue on your buttered bore walls. You could possibly get away from a bore cleaning session for an extended period... ie... months.... but I would not trust keeping the bore in that condition for years.
Nobody uses the word "push" when discussing bullet removal. But unless you include the compressed airmention in your "pulling the load" posts, most-allposters assume you are doing it the old-fashioned way & the old-fashioned way is alot messier than compressed air with sticky lube on the bore walls.
I'm done here Roundball. It was no big deal once all the missing info was brought forward. That is why I concluded my original reply to you with the question....
What Am I missing Here??????
You supplied the missing information. Thank You!