We tend to have a different mentality toward our inlines than we did toward our traditional guns. I like stainless myself, but let's face it blued and even unfinished iron traditional guns worked perfectly and lasted for years when properly cared for.
A frozen breechplug freaks us out but they were almost never removed on traditional guns, and I suspect you could use an inline for years without removing the breechplug as long as you cleaned the barrel after each use.
A pitted barrel is thought to be the end of the world, but I've owned many less than pristine barrels that shot great. I once had a Smith Corona 1903A3 with a pretty frosty bore. After talking to a few old USMC armorers (and at their suggestion) I cleaned it really good with Brasso. It looked much better. I repeated this after each shooting session and after a few times the barrel looked (almost new) and shot really well. I suspect Mother's Chrome Polish might work as well.
Walmart carries a heavy blue paper towel that is for the garage. Cut up in pieces they are good for cleaning barrels/guns in a pinch. Baby wipes work pretty good too and I've used them many times.
I've been using a grease marked MILITEC-1 Grease on my breechplugs for years. It was a free sample. I've never had one stick.
A frozen breechplug freaks us out but they were almost never removed on traditional guns, and I suspect you could use an inline for years without removing the breechplug as long as you cleaned the barrel after each use.
A pitted barrel is thought to be the end of the world, but I've owned many less than pristine barrels that shot great. I once had a Smith Corona 1903A3 with a pretty frosty bore. After talking to a few old USMC armorers (and at their suggestion) I cleaned it really good with Brasso. It looked much better. I repeated this after each shooting session and after a few times the barrel looked (almost new) and shot really well. I suspect Mother's Chrome Polish might work as well.
Walmart carries a heavy blue paper towel that is for the garage. Cut up in pieces they are good for cleaning barrels/guns in a pinch. Baby wipes work pretty good too and I've used them many times.
I've been using a grease marked MILITEC-1 Grease on my breechplugs for years. It was a free sample. I've never had one stick.