I've been dogging it a bit since my son just took me shooting. We shot my Alaskan, model 60, NAA 22mag, and my wife's Lady Smith. A lot of guns and a lot of fun, but my health cost me one day for my son's visit and I was just fried the very next day with no strength or get up and go. It's now been a few days and I do plan on getting to it soon, but???? (I've gotten a little slow in that department since my days of black powder SASS shooting).
When I do clean them I will "Clean Them" with some number 9 and then a brake cleaner flush followed up with a thorough dousing of gun oil. Each and every time. I treat my stainless like it's steel in the white and as you know that material exists due to its coat of oil. Now if you have a blued gun, just think how little bluing you have left inside the barrel around the lands and grooves? Absolutely nothing, Ie. you're dealing with steel in the white. Smithy.