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Determine if Barrel is "Shot" . . . ?
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<blockquote data-quote="lckytylr" data-source="post: 744091" data-attributes="member: 60857"><p>Soooo . . . . I spent an hour and a half Saturday night cleaning with Sweet's 7.62. Let me explain my process and perhaps someone can point out what I'm doing wrong.</p><p></p><p>Step 1: Ran a dry wire brush down the bore 3 passes.</p><p></p><p>Step 2: Ran a dry patch (on a lug)</p><p></p><p>Step 3: Ran 1 pass of Sweet's 7.62 down and discarded at the end.</p><p></p><p>Step 4: Ran 3 dry patches down and discarded at end.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until I started getting noticeably clean patches . . . nearly clear.</p><p></p><p>I finally decided that it was as good as it's going to get as the patches weren't getting any better.</p><p></p><p>I decided to run a patch through with a protective chemical and call it good. Well Holy S$%T . . . my first wet patch was DIRTY. Very Black/Brown. I didn't expect this as the stuff i used is FP-10 Lubricant Elite. It says on the side that "It Cleans, Lubricates, and Protects". I figured something this generic couldn't possibly clean better than the notorious Sweet's 7.62.</p><p></p><p>After this discovery, I cleaned with the FP-10 and dry patches until I got semi-clean patches, then completely dried the bore with patches and switched back to Sweet's for a few passes (all were clean). I switched back to the FP-10 and again . . . I noticed semi dirty patches. I repeated this procedure several times and finally got to a point where it didn't seem like I was getting any cleaner passes.</p><p></p><p>So, what gives. What did I do wrong and what do I need to do going forward?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lckytylr, post: 744091, member: 60857"] Soooo . . . . I spent an hour and a half Saturday night cleaning with Sweet's 7.62. Let me explain my process and perhaps someone can point out what I'm doing wrong. Step 1: Ran a dry wire brush down the bore 3 passes. Step 2: Ran a dry patch (on a lug) Step 3: Ran 1 pass of Sweet's 7.62 down and discarded at the end. Step 4: Ran 3 dry patches down and discarded at end. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until I started getting noticeably clean patches . . . nearly clear. I finally decided that it was as good as it's going to get as the patches weren't getting any better. I decided to run a patch through with a protective chemical and call it good. Well Holy S$%T . . . my first wet patch was DIRTY. Very Black/Brown. I didn't expect this as the stuff i used is FP-10 Lubricant Elite. It says on the side that "It Cleans, Lubricates, and Protects". I figured something this generic couldn't possibly clean better than the notorious Sweet's 7.62. After this discovery, I cleaned with the FP-10 and dry patches until I got semi-clean patches, then completely dried the bore with patches and switched back to Sweet's for a few passes (all were clean). I switched back to the FP-10 and again . . . I noticed semi dirty patches. I repeated this procedure several times and finally got to a point where it didn't seem like I was getting any cleaner passes. So, what gives. What did I do wrong and what do I need to do going forward? [/QUOTE]
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