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Posted: 1/18/2007 12:13:36 PM EDT
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So I cleaned my AR for the first time after shooting it yesterday, I had a long dewey rod with a brass jag, nylon bore brush and chamber brush. 1.I had a .22 jag and .22 patches, but it was awfully tight to push the rod through the bore even with the patch being wet, even tighter when it was dry, is there a way to make this easier? Im using kleen bore patches. 2. When I cleaned the chamber, how do I get all the crud out from it? 3. When running patches through the bore, should I alternate between a wet and dry one, and how many patches should it take before the patches should be clean on the other end? thanks! |
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1) Try cutting your patches down a bit with a pair of scissors. I buy the bulk bag of patches from WalMart. The bag is simply a bag full of t-shirt scraps and I cut my patches to size. 2) What you need is a GI chamber brush. These are available at most Sporting goods stores such as Gander Mountain or Sportsmans Warehouse. Online venders may have them as well. 3) I scrub the bore first with the bore brush soaked in bore cleaner. Then I run a damp patch through the bore to remove the carbon the brush broke loose. Next I’ll take a bore mop soaked in bore cleaner and run that through the bore, letting the solvent sit so as to loosen up the remaining carbon and remove the built up copper deposits. After a period of time I will run dry patches through the bore, and depending how filthy they are I might repeat the above process untill my patches come out clean. There is no set number of patches required till they come out white. The variables there are numerous! |
Those patches are thick - and very tight in some bores. Hoppes patches are much looser. I have both... some of my match bore like the thick patches, and some of my barrels wont take them at all.
Hard. I scrub the chamber well with the chamber brush wet with solvent. Then I take an older chamber brush with big patches wrapped around it to clean out the leftovers. You will never get it out of the lug/extension area.... just to the best you can. Dont have to eat off it. If you do - then blast it out before and after a good brushing, with brake parts cleaner.
Most bores will never come completely clean. How much you clean depends on the type of barrel, and type of shooting you will do. For Chrome lined service barrels, a simple patch alternation 4 or 5 times is plenty to get the carbon fouling out and protect the bore. Always finish with a dry patch, or use a dry patch before going to shoot it. A nylon brush wont do squat... those are really only good for agitating a chemical copper remover like sweets or shooters choice. If you are cleaning it - use a bronze brush. |
+1. And to get the loose "crud" out of the bolt lug/chamber area, you can be patient, and gently swab the area with Qtips until clean. OR you can do as i do and hold it over a catch pan and hose it out with brake clean/degreaser. 
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