squirrel rifle was not cycling very well, so with down time from poor weather I decided to take apart the action and give it a good scrubbing. I don't clean the bore until the season ends. Ballistol is excellent product. did a nice job cleaning up fouling and stuff on my rifle action, my MKIII pistol which was so filthy the trigger was malfunctioning, and my .41mag revolver still dirty from bonus gun weekend. Ballistol and bore snake did bang up job on bores of both the pistol and revolver. I really like that it is not toxic like most of the other stuff I have. I would suggest getting the aerosol version for cleaning guns as the non-aerosol is like spraying motor oil. I got both, and used both, but the aerosol being diluted enough to spray and moved by pressurized propellant was easier to get into the tight spots. the non-aerosol can uses a screw-on spray bottle type sprayer, but you can pour out of the can, too. it can be diluted with water, and directions say to do that for certain applications. thumbs up for me. now I have a dozen half bottles and cans of crap I never liked using.