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Is Your Barrel Really Clean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pointman" data-source="post: 1795501" data-attributes="member: 102254"><p>I start with BoreTec carbon solvent until the patches are free of black, Then the real work starts, getting the copper out. I run patches with BoreTec copper solvent then run the nylon brush through several times. I wait 10 to 15 mins the run patches with the copper solvent through the bore. It used to take several days until I read a post about using brass jigs giving false positives for copper (blue patches). I got a set of Tipton SS jags and my cleaning time went way down. My bore scope shows virtually no copper. I do shoot a lot of rounds, typically 1 to 150 per range session. As for the question of using a drill to "ream" the bore, not for me. I do use a drill to clean the blast marks on my revolver cylinder faces. I use a paste cleaner designed for this job and it does help a lot, I tried doing by hand and failed miserably. </p><p>I listened to a former Spec Ops sniper say he never cleaned the copper completely from his rifles. He spoke about copper equilibrium. Sounded interesting, but I can't really comment further. Guess my military experience won't allow a "dirty" rifle. Still remember getting my rear chewed out in basic by my DI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pointman, post: 1795501, member: 102254"] I start with BoreTec carbon solvent until the patches are free of black, Then the real work starts, getting the copper out. I run patches with BoreTec copper solvent then run the nylon brush through several times. I wait 10 to 15 mins the run patches with the copper solvent through the bore. It used to take several days until I read a post about using brass jigs giving false positives for copper (blue patches). I got a set of Tipton SS jags and my cleaning time went way down. My bore scope shows virtually no copper. I do shoot a lot of rounds, typically 1 to 150 per range session. As for the question of using a drill to “ream” the bore, not for me. I do use a drill to clean the blast marks on my revolver cylinder faces. I use a paste cleaner designed for this job and it does help a lot, I tried doing by hand and failed miserably. I listened to a former Spec Ops sniper say he never cleaned the copper completely from his rifles. He spoke about copper equilibrium. Sounded interesting, but I can’t really comment further. Guess my military experience won’t allow a “dirty” rifle. Still remember getting my rear chewed out in basic by my DI. [/QUOTE]
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