[Boge]

Bronze wool is also the best stuff for removing leading from a barrel. Just wrap some tufts around a smaller caliber bore brush and hit the bore with it after letting a good solvent soak for about 10 mins. The lead will come out faster than a dose of salts through a widow woman.

 

[Joe A.]

Back in the mid 1960's as a teenager I owned a dozen or so guns. The farm we lived on during my teen years, ( moved there from a small town so I could ride and hunt ) was very low ground. 3 or 4 good licks with a post hole digger and you would strike water. To have a working septic tank, my Dad had one made with 1/3 of it out of the ground for head round. Worked great. Back to guns and rust - I had to clean and re oil every 10-14 days whether they were used or not. Occasionally a fine rust would appear and I would use fine steel wool and oil to clean the rust off with no ill effects that I could see. I would use something different today but back then that was all I knew and had available. Thank goodness that I now live on higher ground and have better rust preventives and two central units removing what moisture that's in the air. I have become very lax in cleaning, even after use with no rust.

 

[Truman]

My preferred method if I feel the need to polish is a Q tip with Flitz. You can rotate the head to keep a clean surface with very little pressure on a small area. Then use a soft cloth to gently buff the area. I agree that the most damage occurs with the dislodged rust particles instead of the polish it self. Truman