I use Butch's Bore Shine. Everyone has their own way of doing things. I used to be a clean after every range session guy but over the years learned that rifle bores don't need to be cleaned as much as people think as the new powders and steels don't cause as much problems as they did years ago but in the gun game old habits die hard. The dogma in shooting is thick. Took me a while to try it for myself and learn that modern rifle barrels don't need to be cleaned as often as people think.

My practice .308 will have the bolt and lug area wiped down after a range session but don't touch the bore. It's gone 800+ rounds without being touched. Matches with my Creedmoor I can go a couple hundred rounds. They are also custom barrels. Factory might need more if it's rough. Let the rifle tell you when it needs to be cleaned when accuracy starts to slip. Most barrels need about 10-20 rounds to be properly fouled and shoot to their best so if you are cleaning after every 20 rounds you really aren't seeing what the rifle can do. I always shoot at least 20 rounds through my match rifles before a match to make sure they are properly fouled. Try shooting more than 20 rounds before cleaning and see what your rifle does. You won't hurt anything.

Now if the rifle gets wet or in other bad weather or will be put up and not shot for many months then you can clean them to make sure nothing bad happens to the bore.

I use Butch's bore shine as mentioned. A couple patches, wait 15 min to let it start working on the fouling and copper and then run a looped ended bronze brush with Butch's on it down and back 10 times. Then a couple more patches of Butch's and wait 15 min and then dry patches and a patch of Kroil. Always use a bore guide with your rod. Dry patch out the Kroil before shooting.

You will also hear things like "The only thing I was taught re cleaning , bullets only travel one way down a bore ...same with brushes,patches etc." More of that dogma I spoke of. I have heard this preached for years. The theory is you will damage the crown. The reality is that with care you won't. You can do damage pushing a brush down the bore if not done with care as well. Some say you shouldn't use bronze brushes, some say you shouldn't use ANY brushes. Where does the truth lie? Think about when you scrub something to clean it. Do you only scrub in one direction? Always pushing away? No you go back and forth as it grabs the mess you are trying to clean from different directions and not just push it down. My thought is same with bore fouling.

I just know that from my experience with my rifles that when used properly and with care bronze brushes and pushing down and back with them will not do any damage. You completely exit the bore with the brush and then slowly and deliberately pull it back in until it is completely in the bore and then pull. My Creedmoor has been cleaned that way since 2008 and is very accurate. Same with my other rifles.

I am not trying to make anyone change their way of doing things but just to think a little that just because it has been said for years doesn't always make it right. Ask why and see if there is any truth to it or if it's just more dogma being passed down as fact.

Kroil and Shooter's Choice.

I use a half and half mixture of Shooter's Choice and Kroil that I learned about many years ago from benchrest shooters.

I run a wet patch through the barrel to wet it, and then 6 to 8 runs of a bronze bore brush both directions.  Another wet patch to remove all the stuff that is now loose.

Then a wet patch and let it soak for a short while.

Then a dry patch or two or three.  (I will sometimes 'wash' the bore clean with a patch wet with WD-40 and then dry it out.)Then one with a light oil if I am putting the rifle away for a while.  Then a dry patch before going to the range.

I probably clean them more than I really need too.

I have tried everything from just shoot it, to shoot one/clean/shoot one etc, to the Tubb TMS break in and you know what? They all shot no differently for the rest of the life of the barrel. So now I just give a good over all cleaning when the rifle comes in like any new firearm and give the bore a good cleaning to make sure the bore is clean and then I go shoot it.

I will say that I usually put about 150 rounds through the rifle before I look to get hard chrono numbers and settle on a load. I have found that is around when the barrel will settle in and velocity will stabilize. Before that I have found velocities to be lower slightly and then as the barrel is shot they become more stable. Sometimes accuracy will get a little better too. As always though barrels can be different but I use 150 as the average number from the barrels, both custom and factory, I have had over the years.

1 to 3 shots.  I use the same ammo I will be shooting, but it really doesn't matter.