RE: Homemade swabing formula?
I use Windex with vinegar mixed half and half with water for swabbing the bore between shots, cleaning thereceiver and breech plugand cleaning the bore.Sometimes you can see the crud fizz after spraying the solution on it. When swabbing the bore between shots do not wet the patch- just barely miosten it.
After getting the bore clean and dry I run a patch moistened with Militec thruit.
This is the stuff that Mike Venturino uses to clean all his black powder guns.