ORIGINAL: eldeguello

You didn't say what your present cleaning regime consists of, or how you keep your rifle's steel parts from rusting after cleaning. However, if, after you cleanit and oil up the bore or whatever (I use Birchwood-Casey Sheath instead of oil), you can run a patch thru the bore in a couple of weeks, and see no red or brownish rust marks on the patch, a hot water cleaning is not needed. However, I gave up use of ANY commercial solvents for BP rifles years age, and have used nothing but boiling water since that time, and have NEVER had any rust in my bore!

Triple 7 and Rebel Hog are right! Have the rod, patches, etc., etc., right there to grab before pouring any water! I wrap a towel around my barrel to use as a handle when pouring boiling water so I don't cook myself, and to hold it with while using the rod & patches. THEN POUR

two quarts of boiling water from you teakettlethrough the bore followed by four or five clean dry patches immediatedly afterward to dry out all water. After the barrel cools, swab it with a patch soaked in SHEATH - no rust ever! Bore clean-wipe off all other ferrous parts with the SHEATH patch. Mmmmm!! Gun now clean, Bowhuntin' fool!