Your not telling me news.. I understand and probably had that same look as you, when that first patch of Cowboy Solvent went through the barrel. Now when I clean my rifles, I run one patch of the Cowboy Solvent and it picks up just traces of stuff. The second one is clean. I kind of like this stuff. I am still not convinced about its rust protection with just the Bore Conditioner. I think a gun oil might be needed also on top of it. BUT time will tell.

I have been so impressed with it, I cleaned up my .22 caliber Remington Fieldmaster pump rifle with a 4x Bushness scope on it. The pine squirrels are real impressed with the rifle too. But only for a moment...