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    Every soldier in the Britishicon Commonwealth was taught to pour a lot of boiling water down the bore to dissolve and wash away corrosive salts.

    This is the method I use and it works brilliantly.

    You don't really need Windex or soap - Windex is mostly water anyway....

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