You'all should try WD-40 as a barrel lube, works great.
I've been a Bore Butter guy since the 1970s and it has some pro's and con's. But for the past two years I've been using WD-40 and it works great. Now clean the bore, dawn and hot water, then alcohol 90% isopropyl is best cause it displaces the water and if the barrel is warm it will evaporate. Patch it several times to dry it out. Now Bore butter works, but I always left a half moon of it at the muzzle cause over time it deteriorates too and the half moon glob prevents that. Don't plug the barrel, ...it doesn't work...humid air will get in and problems will start.
With a "dry barrel" spray WD-40 in the barrel and then soak down a patch and run it through. And then you are done. I still run a dry patch and shoot a couple of primers before loading. I watch some grass, dirt or snow move to make sure the caps are pushing air through. Now lately I drop 2 to 5 grains of Goex down and then add Pyrodex and haven't had any problems. But I keep the gun in the cold so it doesn't warm up and start condensation inside the barrel.
I've been a Bore Butter guy since the 1970s and it has some pro's and con's. But for the past two years I've been using WD-40 and it works great. Now clean the bore, dawn and hot water, then alcohol 90% isopropyl is best cause it displaces the water and if the barrel is warm it will evaporate. Patch it several times to dry it out. Now Bore butter works, but I always left a half moon of it at the muzzle cause over time it deteriorates too and the half moon glob prevents that. Don't plug the barrel, ...it doesn't work...humid air will get in and problems will start.
With a "dry barrel" spray WD-40 in the barrel and then soak down a patch and run it through. And then you are done. I still run a dry patch and shoot a couple of primers before loading. I watch some grass, dirt or snow move to make sure the caps are pushing air through. Now lately I drop 2 to 5 grains of Goex down and then add Pyrodex and haven't had any problems. But I keep the gun in the cold so it doesn't warm up and start condensation inside the barrel.