Barrel Seasoning

[Lead pot]

I clean at the range after the last shot fired. When I get home I clean it again till the patch comes out as white as it went in and leave it in the cleaning rack over night and run a tight patch through again the next morning and recoil and put it away if I don't go out to shoot again.
I always have and always will do this.

[rfd]

I clean at the range after the last shot fired. When I get home I clean it again till the patch comes out as white as it went in and leave it in the cleaning rack over night and run a tight patch through again the next morning and re-oil and put it away if I don't go out to shoot again.
I always have and always will do this.

A most diligent and righteous process, sir. It becomes second nature and it insures firearm longevity ... and peace of mind.

[godzilla]

I have used the bore butter for years with good luck. I think a rendered fat would work just as well or better. I have left my barrel for a good while fouled with no ill effects(Forgot to clean it!!). I just clean it in a bucket of water using a patch as a plunger cleans out in seconds. Apply some more butter and shes clean for another year.

[Nit Wit]

Seasoning! That was one of the best "snake Oil" gimmicks to sell bore butter. If the barrels were cast iron you could season them.
I used to get a lot of rust when I let rifles sit in the pile. Stopped using it! Buy some ballistol!
Nit Wit

[cas]

When I started shooting muzzle loaders 35 or so years ago I used what was available, Pyrodex and CVA grease as lube. Possibly the worst two things in the world!
So when bore butter came out it was like a godsend. I still use it as a patch/bullet lube. That and Rooster Labs patch lube. (if they still make it, I have no idea)

I only use real BP now, so much better than everything else IMO. I clean my muzzle loaders and BPCR with Windex with vinegar. So much less mess and fuss than the old ways I did things. Lube with ballistol, lock, stock and barrel.

(If I'm putting something away long term I may coat the bore with bore butter or frog lube, kinda the same thing)