That statement was no more ignorant that you telling a person who has been hunting since 1953 like I have that my post was ignorant!!! Read his friggin post where he says he has no idea what he's doing: "I don't know what to clean, how much to clean, when to clean, any of it." I'll stay wih my post and if he does what you're saying and something bad happens it's on your expert shoulders Sir! I'd stay with what Sheridan and I suggested until he finds someone to give him some hands on help no matter how easy something might seem to you. I'm surprised the OP hasn't come back on and asked what a bore snake is, LOL! Read the other posts and one guy tells him not to take it apart and you tell him if he can't take it apart he shouldn't even be shooting, LOL! Another tells him to clean it from the breech and another tells him the barrel has to be cleaned from the crown end to the breech. All kinds of people here have given him advice that contradicts the others and now you're telling him it's simple to take it apart.