Jeff.... hope I didn't offend the new guy! More firearms have been damaged by overcleaning than ever by shooting, especially if cleaned from the muzzle. You'll never get even a perfect bore completely clean. Is your bore frosted or pitted? If so, you just gotta deal with it. Fouling in a pistol barrel affects accuracy much less than in a precision rifle barrel.
David...know what you mean brother! Smells seem to be the most evocative influence on human memory... I remember as a kid when my dad took me on the flightline when he was in the Air Force, and I stuck my head in the still cooling, tinkling afterburner nozzles of a just landed F4 Phantom..I've never forgotten that exotic smell !
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