bore cleaning ?

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but have heard that it doesnt remove carbon very well??



Get a can of automotive carburator cleaner and use the tube to flush the chamber/ barrel out while holding the rifle muzzle down. Now go with Wipe-Out and it'll get everything else.

I'd elaborate more, but I'm trying to cut back. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Cleaning is a personal thing. I have always ran a couple of wet patches with Shooter's Choice, nylon brush with SC 15 complete strokes, put SC on the nylon brush again 15 complete stokes, one wet patch SC and let set for about 10 minutes. Then dry patch clean and slightly oil for storage. This is quick and easy. Always worked for me.

If copper fouling is present, I use Sweets. Or, you could do it all at once with Montana Xtreme. I can't see using a copper remover if the barrel is not fouling.

20 rounds at a time, I would probably not clean that type of a hunting rifle for years. LOL! My varmint rifles get it somewhere between 400 and 500 rds. On PD's that is about once at the end of a good day.
 
Like Dan Carey said, be very careful in pulling the brush back through the bore, and while you are at it, be careful in pushing the brush through the bore. The rod flexes as you push on it, and over a period of time, it will wear the bore, no matter if you use a coated plastic rod or a high polished steel rod.

There is no substitute for a Lucas rod guide or a Neil Jones rod guide in centering a rod in the bore. The brush centers one end, the rod guide centers the most important end, the part that wears the throat!
 
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this has been an awesome read!! I like to read informative topics like this, and this particular one is one I've had many debates on with other guys. I have to agree with Ackleyman on this one. My gunsmith feels the same as Ackley on this particular issue.
 
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