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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 310299" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Jinx, You mention some interesting stuff, some of which I have never heard of doing. I've never heard of using window cleaner to clean your bore. Window cleaner is basically soapy water and I dont think I would put water down my bore intentionaly. If anyone else knows different, please correct me. Petrolium residue can attract dirt if left on heavy which in turn can attract moisture. But most folks will apply some sort of bore treatment to their bore after cleaning to protect against moisture and corrosion. With the next couple of rifles I will be breaking in, I will use a product called Gun Juice during the break-in proccess. I will clean the copper form the bore between each shot and then run a couple of Gun Juice soaked patches down the bore and fire until the bore stops fouling and the velocity stop (chrony read out) stops rising. It's supposed to increase velocity and increase barrrel life as well as lay down a very durable protective finish that can not be removed unless you super heat the bore.</p><p> </p><p>On cooling between shots, that is usually accomplished with cleaning running wet and dry patches through the bore between each shot should very effectively cool the barrel.</p><p> </p><p>As far as using amonia, I wont use an amonia based bore cleaner in my rifle. You should try some Bore Tech Eliminator. I think you'll find it much more effective than most any amonia cleaner. I haven't used them all, but I have used Butche's Bore Shine and it doesn't come close to Bore Tech. Unless you have a really bad fouling barrel, it only takes about 2 or 3 wet patches, waiting a few minutes between each patch to clean your bore of all copper.</p><p> </p><p>I also have never been able to tell if a rifle is clean, especially from copper, just by looking down the barrel. You can sometimes tell if it's dirty and maybe even see some copper residue. But the best way to tell that your bore is clean is when you get a white wet and dry patch. You have to becareful when using brass jags with an effective copper remover. They will eat away at the jag and give a false blue indication and you could run wet patches through forever if that's happening. That's why I recommend a a nickel plated jag.</p><p> </p><p>As has been mentioned before, there is no set amount of times to clean after each shot. The barrel is broke in when it doesn't foul anymore or fouling is greatly reduced. That could take 5 shots or it could take 30 or more, depending on how rough your barrel is.</p><p> </p><p>Cheers,</p><p> </p><p>-MR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 310299, member: 11717"] Jinx, You mention some interesting stuff, some of which I have never heard of doing. I've never heard of using window cleaner to clean your bore. Window cleaner is basically soapy water and I dont think I would put water down my bore intentionaly. If anyone else knows different, please correct me. Petrolium residue can attract dirt if left on heavy which in turn can attract moisture. But most folks will apply some sort of bore treatment to their bore after cleaning to protect against moisture and corrosion. With the next couple of rifles I will be breaking in, I will use a product called Gun Juice during the break-in proccess. I will clean the copper form the bore between each shot and then run a couple of Gun Juice soaked patches down the bore and fire until the bore stops fouling and the velocity stop (chrony read out) stops rising. It's supposed to increase velocity and increase barrrel life as well as lay down a very durable protective finish that can not be removed unless you super heat the bore. On cooling between shots, that is usually accomplished with cleaning running wet and dry patches through the bore between each shot should very effectively cool the barrel. As far as using amonia, I wont use an amonia based bore cleaner in my rifle. You should try some Bore Tech Eliminator. I think you'll find it much more effective than most any amonia cleaner. I haven't used them all, but I have used Butche's Bore Shine and it doesn't come close to Bore Tech. Unless you have a really bad fouling barrel, it only takes about 2 or 3 wet patches, waiting a few minutes between each patch to clean your bore of all copper. I also have never been able to tell if a rifle is clean, especially from copper, just by looking down the barrel. You can sometimes tell if it's dirty and maybe even see some copper residue. But the best way to tell that your bore is clean is when you get a white wet and dry patch. You have to becareful when using brass jags with an effective copper remover. They will eat away at the jag and give a false blue indication and you could run wet patches through forever if that's happening. That's why I recommend a a nickel plated jag. As has been mentioned before, there is no set amount of times to clean after each shot. The barrel is broke in when it doesn't foul anymore or fouling is greatly reduced. That could take 5 shots or it could take 30 or more, depending on how rough your barrel is. Cheers, -MR [/QUOTE]
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