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I ususally use plain water and pump in in and out of the barrel until patches on the jag come out clean. Then I spray WD-40 in the barrel and run more patches down to dry the barrel. Then for long term protection, I use RIG.
I spray the WD-40 in while the bore is still wet, the WD-40 actually wets the steel and lifts the water off the steel. This prevents flash rusting that occurs when wet steel dries off. I learned this from washing freshly honed engine cylinders. If you wash them clean and then let them dry, as soon as they dry, a layer of flash rust forms, if you spray them with WD-40 before they are dry, no flash rust.
You can also hook an air hose from an aquarium aerator to the nipple and let the air pump run all night to make sure that any remaining moisture in the bore evaporates. Storing the gun muzzle down is also good.
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