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 10-16-2011, 07:40 PM | #1 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |  How did cowboys & outlaws keep their guns clean?
How were they not rusted stiff from the black powder & lack of a good cleaning kit? | 
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| 10-16-2011, 07:42 PM | #2 | I'm always 10-8 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: 150 miles NE of Sloppy Joe's Bar, in the "GunShine" State Posts: 19,200 Liked 7 Times on 6 Posts
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The ones that did figure out how to keep them clean survived. 
The ones that didn't died.  __________________ .
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| 10-16-2011, 07:45 PM | #3 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |
Wow that was quick! I just read that the Indians laid theirs in streams for a period of time. | |
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| 10-16-2011, 07:49 PM | #4 | Moderator Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Belleville, Illinois Posts: 1,352 |
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Originally Posted by canebrake
The ones that did figure out how to keep them clean survived.
The ones that didn't died. |
Simple yet fantastic explanation.  __________________
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| 10-16-2011, 08:04 PM | #5 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |
So what was the most common way of doing it? | |
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| 10-16-2011, 08:24 PM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 17 |
Hot water to clean and bacon grease (or bear, buffalo) to oil it up.
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| 10-16-2011, 08:26 PM | #7 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |
I might have to try that with my Remmy | |
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| 10-16-2011, 08:54 PM | #8 | mmmmm...... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maiden, NC Posts: 9,583 |
They had oils and greases just like we do today. I would agrue that theirs may have been better thanks to the EPA.
Anyway, I imagine the average guy learned quickly how much abuse his weapon could take and cared for it accordingly. In those days a pistol/rifle was a tool so it would need care so that if fuctioned. Functionality is what they were after, period. __________________
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| 10-16-2011, 09:07 PM | #9 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |
You're probably right, the EPA loves to render good stuff less effective for the sake of our caribou. | |
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| 10-17-2011, 12:24 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: , Missouri Posts: 618 Likes Given: 1
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Soap & water ! __________________
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