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3 brushes, 280 patches, still getting blue?
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<blockquote data-quote="bwaites" data-source="post: 160271" data-attributes="member: 8733"><p>Brass brushes DO clean better, but brass has copper in it (brass alloys are varying amounts of copper and zinc). If you are still getting blue after that much work, it's probably from the brass brush, which the copper cleaner is breaking down in small amounts. (It doesn't take much to make a patch blue.)</p><p> </p><p>You could wet swab really well, getting up a decent lather, then nylon brush it, then clean and see if your patch was still blue. If so, you may have a real copper fouling problem. I have heard of that happening with barrels that weren't properly broken in, but you sound like an experienced shooter, so I doubt that is the issue.</p><p> </p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bwaites, post: 160271, member: 8733"] Brass brushes DO clean better, but brass has copper in it (brass alloys are varying amounts of copper and zinc). If you are still getting blue after that much work, it's probably from the brass brush, which the copper cleaner is breaking down in small amounts. (It doesn't take much to make a patch blue.) You could wet swab really well, getting up a decent lather, then nylon brush it, then clean and see if your patch was still blue. If so, you may have a real copper fouling problem. I have heard of that happening with barrels that weren't properly broken in, but you sound like an experienced shooter, so I doubt that is the issue. Bill [/QUOTE]
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