Looks like they covered it pretty well. I personally have an old coffee pot that I 3/4 fill with boiling water. I remove the barrel and drop the barrel wedge and take the nipple out and dump all that into the coffee pot. When the water is almost to a boil, I remove it from the stove and add some DAWN Dishsoap to it. Just a squirt.

I put the nipple end into the coffee pot. I use clean old cotton socks that have lost their usefulness and cut them into strips. One strip is two cleaning patches. I dunk the strip into some of the water and work that up and down in the barrel on the cleaning jag. This forces boiling soapy water up and down in that barrel. Be careful it can come out the top and the barrel will get hot. I actually wear a pair of old gloves when I hold the barrel.

That water will get filthy. After I think it is clean, I remove it from the water and run some Hoppie #9, or WD-40 patches down the barrel and see if they come out clean. They usually do, Since the barrel is still hot, I run a few clean dry patches down it until they come out clean. The dry patches take the moisture out of the barrel.

I scrub the outside of the rifle off, using some Hoppies or WD-40 on a patch until that is all clean. Using a tooth brush I scrub around the nipple port and the tang. Then run a " lightly" oiled patch down the barrel, wipe the rest of the barrel off, and re-assemble the rifle. I always store the rifle muzzle end down also. Helps keep the dirt and dust out of them.

I know a lot of people will tell you that using products with petroleum will ruin the seasoning of the bore. That might be true. If they feel that petroleum based products are bad, then they should not use them. I have used them for 25+ years and there is no rust on my rifle. Maybe my bore is not seasoned at all, but it will shoots the same everytime I take it out (which is a lot), and I have never had any misfire problems, although I wipe the bore clean before loading, and pop a few caps through the nipple prior to loading and then pick it.

I guess each shooter have their own manner in which they clean. As you get more used to your rifle you will find one that works for you. When you do find one that works for you, stick to it. Good luck and good shooting..

By the way guys, do flinters discharge a load from the primer pan before they load for the first time the way percussion cappers fire two or three caps? Always wondered that.