i clean mine with just hot water from the tap....run a patch up and down untill i feel the barrel get hot at the muzzle end....after about 15-20 times up and down with the patch on my jag, the water coming out of my touch hole is clear....dry off the barrel with a paper towel....i then hold my barrel over the trash can and spray some lub oil in the touch hole untill it drips out of the muzzle end....then clamp it with one of those $1.00 clamps from home depot for wood working....and let it drip out....the next day i look in the barrel to see if everything is ok....oil down the outside of the barrel and assemble the gun for storage...........................bob