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I’d like to shoot both black powder cartridges and smokeless in my SAA. I’ve tried to read as much as I can about cleaning firearms after using black powder. Frankly, I’m still having a hard time getting past using soap and water. Someone once told me that if you shoot black powder and have oil on the gun you can create problems because the black powder residue combines with the oil to make a tar like substance. I cannot find a reference for that though. So what’s the best way to clean your gun if you’re shooting both black powder and smokeless? Also, what’s the best way to prevent corrosion when cleaning with soap and water? If you shoot black powder infrequently, do you need to disassemble the gun to get all of the fouling out or can you just clean the barrel, cylinder and wipe what you can around the hammer?