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I built my rifles with a conical breech and I have never used any shaped jag to clean with. For the last 30 years all I do is use a plane flat tipped jag and plenty of water to pump water back and forth which has cleaned out all fowling. A few years ago I removed the breech plug to color case harden it and it was completely clean, NO carbon at all. I'm quite certain that you are over thinking the problem. Consider the old timers that relied on muzzle loaders as tools not toys and managed to keep them going with out complex tools are solvents. Taking good care of your gun isn't hard just relies on the basics and you'll do well.
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