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<blockquote data-quote="Derek M." data-source="post: 435016" data-attributes="member: 2693"><p>BBS was the standard for quite some time on bore cleaning. To be frank, my honest opinion is any reasonable liquid for bore cleaning will do ok, some better than others. What really cleans the bore is a **** good scrubbing with a brush. Without one, I'm not convinced the bore ever gets as clean as it can. </p><p></p><p>If the rifle you speak of was mine, here's what I'd do: shoot some foam gunslick or wipeout in the bore and place it in a gunholder level with horizontal for 24 hours, push that out the next day, repeat with the gun upside down (scope down) another 24 hours, push it out with another patch. </p><p></p><p>Then I'd use some KG carbon cleaner and brush the livin crap out of it, like 4 strokes per shot you've got in it. Wet patch all that out with any good "solvent." Then I'd go with good old BBS or BoreTech eliminator, whatever, and put a patch over an older warn down caliber sized bronze brush and scrub it again, and change out patches until they all come out clean. </p><p></p><p>There is only one way to know if your tube is cleaned and that is a borescope. Anyone disagrees with that is fooling themselves. Just my opinion but I clean to bare metal. That's just the way I roll and it has served me well. I just have a problem with storing a fouled barrel in the safe for months while I'm not using it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derek M., post: 435016, member: 2693"] BBS was the standard for quite some time on bore cleaning. To be frank, my honest opinion is any reasonable liquid for bore cleaning will do ok, some better than others. What really cleans the bore is a **** good scrubbing with a brush. Without one, I'm not convinced the bore ever gets as clean as it can. If the rifle you speak of was mine, here's what I'd do: shoot some foam gunslick or wipeout in the bore and place it in a gunholder level with horizontal for 24 hours, push that out the next day, repeat with the gun upside down (scope down) another 24 hours, push it out with another patch. Then I'd use some KG carbon cleaner and brush the livin crap out of it, like 4 strokes per shot you've got in it. Wet patch all that out with any good "solvent." Then I'd go with good old BBS or BoreTech eliminator, whatever, and put a patch over an older warn down caliber sized bronze brush and scrub it again, and change out patches until they all come out clean. There is only one way to know if your tube is cleaned and that is a borescope. Anyone disagrees with that is fooling themselves. Just my opinion but I clean to bare metal. That's just the way I roll and it has served me well. I just have a problem with storing a fouled barrel in the safe for months while I'm not using it. [/QUOTE]
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