King, You are geting a bunch of advice so perhaps this is just too much but: Lehigh Valley Gun lube is made with "Tall Oil" which has been saponified. Tall Oil is a by prouuct of paper making from pine pulp. It is recomended for cleaning up black powder guns as it removes the residual salts in the barrel. The stuff has been tested and is just as remarkable a rust preventative as Balistol, perhaps even better. You can get it from Track of the Wolf. Don't leave it wet over night as it is active but dry it leaves a film on the metal that is rust proof. David
