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Cut rifled barrel cleaning procedure
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 1703734" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>I was taught to put guns away cleaner than pulled.</p><p>With this, I clean bores to white metal after every single use, every time.</p><p>All my guns are cleaner than brand new, inside & out.</p><p>My cleaning is basically the 'Speedy Gonzales' method: <a href="https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=13001" target="_blank">https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=13001</a></p><p>My accurate barrel lives have so far been no better or worse than expected (and predictable) for cartridges. So cleaning often, in itself, has not hurt anything.</p><p></p><p>After cleaning, I dry prefoul all bores with a burnishing of tungsten disulfide(WS2).</p><p>And every gun in the safe will put the first cold shot with any to follow, or I would not have kept them.</p><p></p><p>There is no reason that cleaning a barrel with one method of rifling over another would be different. Aftermarket barrels that are lapped well copper foul less than typical factory bores. But cleaning of carbon is still the same, for the same reasons.</p><p>I couldn't say that going long stretches between cleanings is 'bad'. But I prefer my bores to be consistently as they were when their loads were developed. This was with way under 400 rounds of fouling.</p><p></p><p>This is with bolt guns and pistols. I currently have no semi-auto long guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 1703734, member: 1521"] I was taught to put guns away cleaner than pulled. With this, I clean bores to white metal after every single use, every time. All my guns are cleaner than brand new, inside & out. My cleaning is basically the 'Speedy Gonzales' method: [URL]https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=13001[/URL] My accurate barrel lives have so far been no better or worse than expected (and predictable) for cartridges. So cleaning often, in itself, has not hurt anything. After cleaning, I dry prefoul all bores with a burnishing of tungsten disulfide(WS2). And every gun in the safe will put the first cold shot with any to follow, or I would not have kept them. There is no reason that cleaning a barrel with one method of rifling over another would be different. Aftermarket barrels that are lapped well copper foul less than typical factory bores. But cleaning of carbon is still the same, for the same reasons. I couldn't say that going long stretches between cleanings is 'bad'. But I prefer my bores to be consistently as they were when their loads were developed. This was with way under 400 rounds of fouling. This is with bolt guns and pistols. I currently have no semi-auto long guns. [/QUOTE]
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