Water/Moisture, is an induced problem !!!
Of the three options for cleaning any BP firearm, the combination of water and solvents, is the best. ....
Be Safe!!
Well, up front that might be true but then you have to present, the rest of the story. You can't or should not stop with water. You address the problem of the "Salts", then you have to address the problem with the water/moisture. That is why I use solvents that are mainly water with water moisture displacement. I am aware of some B/P barrels makers that won't let plain water near their barrels. ...According to the chemists and other learned guys I know who are into BP, there is no reason for anything but water for cleaning BP residue from the bore.
Of the three options for cleaning any BP firearm, the combination of water and solvents, is the best. ....
Be Safe!!