Thread: HXP 303 ammo corrosive? found rust in my barrel

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

FFS have a look on forum at different threads...Trout started on in last week or two about pull through cleaning..... at very LEAST you need to put through a couple or 4 oily patches..then couple of clean patches..then an oily patch to coat bore while its in storage
if you put a heavy oil..or car motor oil through on last patch,you need to put a clean rag through BEFORE the next usage to remove said oil.
this isnt new thing..this information has been around for a hundred years and more..... use rifle,must clean rifle..... hells bells Batman even the knights of Crusades knew after running through a musselman to whipe blade of sword off properly before putting back in scabbard.

I am still pretty new to all of this and learning alot, but didn't realize cleaning had to be done so thoroughly.
I thought that black powder was the stuff that needed a decent clean.
But anyway I will know for next time.
Interestingly, I've got other guns I've shot and not cleaned and can't see any rust in the barrels at all so go figure!