HunterDotNet

Been loading my own salt shells (rock salt + buffer) and they’re doing the job, but cleaning the gun afterwards is like chiseling sugar out of a candy machine.

Anyone have a trick for keeping residue down? Or is this just the price of keeping ghosts out of your face?

Sounds to me like moisture is getting into your shells or weapon. Not much one can do except maybe keep your shells in a box of rice. And weapon maintenance is tedious but necessary. Firearms should be disassembled and cleaned after nearly every usage. If you are in a hurry, you can run a quick pass of a barrel brush between bits of usage if the buildup happens quickly. But in all reality, you are just pushing the problem back and making it a bigger problem later. Doing this too much, without a proper clean regularly, will cause your weapon to backfire and no one needs a face of salty gunpowder.