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Posted: 12/14/2009 9:18:49 AM EDT
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I shot my new 590 last Friday. When cleaning the barrel, I simply could not get a "clean patch". I went through about 25 shotgun patches and was using Break Free CLP. The bore still looked dirty when I shined a light through it. I finally got tired/disgusted. What do I need to do to get the bore good and clean?
I shot Remington 00 Buck Loads, Winchester 00 Buck and Slug, and Winchester "Universal" Wally World cheapies. |
| ive also heard of people chucking their cleaning rod with a hoppes patch into a drill and reaming/cleaning out the barrel that way. Ive never tried it myself. Of course ive never been real concerned with having an immaculate barrel anyway on a shotgun. I wouldnt think that it affects accuracy that much. |
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Quoted: ive also heard of people chucking their cleaning rod with a hoppes patch into a drill and reaming/cleaning out the barrel that way. Ive never tried it myself. Of course ive never been real concerned with having an immaculate barrel anyway on a shotgun. I wouldnt think that it affects accuracy that much. I have done this to get rid of plastic fouling that just won't come out. I put my bronze brush on my rod and dip it in Hoppes 9 and put it on my drill. I ride it back and forth in the fouling spot for a few seconds then back it out. Check to see if the fouling is still there (you will be able to see it easily) and add more Hoppes to the brush and start again if the fouling isn't gone. It works great. |
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3/8" hard wood dowl like you get at Home Depot. A pad of medium steel wool. Strech the steel wool over the end of the dowl so it looks like a large Q-tip. Tape the bottom of the pad off. Put that in your drill and run it through your barrel a few times. Do this every time you clean it. You can not hurt the barrel. When the steel wool gets dirty, pull it off and put a clean pad on next time.
This is all I do to clean my chamber and bore. No solvents and mess. I then spray some Rem Oil in the barrel and run some clean patches through it. All my barrels look factory new inside so I know this is working. |
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