/k/ what were some primitive ways to clean your gun and remove

>>28066659

>YFW the metal was so damaged from salt water exposure and storm exposure in the Caribbean.

oil + elbow grease.

>>28066659
heard they used bronze in some way.

>>28066730

>Oil

what? Whale oil during the 1700-1800s?

>>28066775
any oil works vegetable probably

>>28066659
Vinegar is great for rust removal, I've used it a few time to get rust off old tools and such.

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>>28066659

>MFW Movies that take place during the colonial period make reloading and using those so easy.

>>28066659
animal fat and lard, water and soap

>>28066775
I've heard that they had used sperm whale oil during the 1800's as a lubricant. Not sure of what its qualities as a rust inhibitor or a cleaner was, considering black powder is super corrosive to bare metal.

>>28066835
White vinegar is a great bluing remover as well, since bluing is really "controlled corrosion".

Reenactor here: it was actually tow cloth (rag) brick dust and sweet (vegetable) oil

>>28067008
define brick dust. Unless it's literally take a brick and smash until dust.

cops stopping off at chipotle for a quick burrito before upcoming standoff with final suspect on wells fargo

>>28066659

Boiling water down the barrel, give it a few shakes, pour it out, and then sent down cleaning patches until they come out clean.

>>28066847
british line infantry was expected to fire 3 rounds a minute. Veteran and elite unites could fire up to 5. But the british were the fastest in the world.

>>28067008
What era do you reenact? I used to do French and Indian also rev war. Confirmed for brick dust. The bricks had less sand in the eighteenth century and had a tendency to break down into a fine abrasive. They called it rotten stone in the period

>>28067772
Rotten stone is great for turning a gloss finish into a nice satin look.

>>28066659
While on the blackpowder topic:

Brown Bess or Charleville? Which would you take /k/

>>28067865
Charleville

Worked for Boney. Brown Bess is for dirty albion