I have shown young people and older shooters alikehow to swab with an alcohol patch in their traditional rifles. So far they have not had any problems, like myself. Like I said, when I used to use other liquids I noticed a lot more hang fires and an occasional misfire. I knew it was from the liquid on the swab that I was patching the barrel with. That's when I started using the mix of washer fluid and alcohol. It worked the best of any swab compound I could find. Then when I got an occasional hang fire in the traditional rifles,I went to the straight alcohol. The hang fires stopped.

I can understand your position on this and for that reason I would not be surprised that you do not use straight alcohol or recommend it. As I said, the things I do are not something set in stone that all should do. All people have to understand that we voice opinion on the forums and you can take them or leave them.