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Posted: 7/23/2006 3:50:43 PM EDT
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Heres my problem. No matter what I do I cant get my barrel perfectly clean. I know too much cleaning can mess up a barrel but I just dont understand why after hours of cleaning the patches still come out dirty. First I did it exactly how the BM manual says. Then I got an Otis Kit and followed directions to the T. I dont get it. Am I just being too anal? Someone told me to try a Bore Snake. Do those work better? Thanks in Advance! Riese |
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If you want to get a bbl. clean by the cleaning products directions you are looking at days of patches, brushes, and soaking---dont soak the ammonia based copper solvents. Usually, I don't bother trying to get a bbl that clean, unless I am going to switch to cast bullets after shooting jacketed. IME a bore snake does an adequate and quick job for the most part, but does not ultimately clean as well as patches and soaking. For a heavily fouled bbl and somewhat rough bore, J-B bore paste seems to work and speeds the process. Haven't used it, but the electric foul out products allegedly work quite well. Somewhere on this site is a thread which shows how to make one. Dave |
Holy crap, I agree! No matter which cleaning product you buy they all say the same thing..."Run a patch throuch until it comes out clean". I sat down yesterday and ran about 30 patches down the barrel...none of which came out perfectly clean. Sure, the latter ones were almost clean, but by then I was tired of screwing around. Would the tenth one after that been clean? Or would it have taken 20 or 30 more? Personally, I think the definition of "Clean" is in the eye of the beholder. |
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I found Remington Bore cleaner (sold at Walmart) applied to a bronze brush does a great and fast job of the bore. Then I spray CLP to the rest and wipe it out with paper towels. If it takes you more than an hour your working too hard. When you shoot it again it's dirty again, so don't over clean, it's not needed. |
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I had the same problem, then I realized my bore was clean, it was the chamber that was dirty. After I wrapped the chamber brush in a patch soaked in CLP, and ran it in to the chamber, and turned it like 10 times, and then ran a patch down the bore, it was clean as could be. I had been using the chamber brush, but not wrapping it in a patch. I figure that way it was loosening the carbon up, but that's about it. With the patch wrapped around it, it dragged it out. |
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