Trapdoor Rifles

No Dick, that table is part of the outdoor set that The Memsahib’s got sitting on the West patio.
The table you’re familiar with is on the North patio.

Here’s the table I usually use for taking photos of stuff.

The practice of using water to clean the trapdoor bores must be why I’ve only seen one Sewer Pipe bore on a trapdoor. The water would of course dissolve the corrosive salt like residue from the fired primer.
Oils won’t do that.
The bores on all of my 1868’s are all really nice. Mirror like.

I know, back when I was buying, my friends would often remark on the minty bore of some low-grade TD I'd picked up because of a scarce feature. Almost got to be a joke. TDs: tired outside, near-new inside. Krags were often just the opposite - really nice on the outside, but like a sewer in the bore.