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What oil is best for inside of barrels after a cleaning?
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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2723831" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>This is a loaded question for sure. First of all, if I am using a particular firearm, no matter rifle or pistol during competitive shooting I will clean the bore and not use any oil as a preservative. When cleaning and planning on long term storage things are different. The bore is scoped to determine the amount of lead or copper fouling which is then removed through the cleaning process. Once back to bare metal I generally apply a heavy coat of either Rem Oil or Hoppe's to the bore then run a clean patch through to take out the excess and leave behind a nice preservative coating. Prior to shooting after having been stored I will run several dry patches through the bore until there is no evidence of an oil coating left in the bore. Then a couple of fouling shots are taken prior to hunting or competing. I am not a fan of the new synthetic oils as preservatives for the rifle bore. They seem to have a tendency to dry out and some of the synthetic products seem to be harder to remove, sometimes taking 4 or 5 fouling shots before the firearm settles back down. In any case all firearms that are stored for more than 6 months get re-cleaned anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2723831, member: 118816"] This is a loaded question for sure. First of all, if I am using a particular firearm, no matter rifle or pistol during competitive shooting I will clean the bore and not use any oil as a preservative. When cleaning and planning on long term storage things are different. The bore is scoped to determine the amount of lead or copper fouling which is then removed through the cleaning process. Once back to bare metal I generally apply a heavy coat of either Rem Oil or Hoppe's to the bore then run a clean patch through to take out the excess and leave behind a nice preservative coating. Prior to shooting after having been stored I will run several dry patches through the bore until there is no evidence of an oil coating left in the bore. Then a couple of fouling shots are taken prior to hunting or competing. I am not a fan of the new synthetic oils as preservatives for the rifle bore. They seem to have a tendency to dry out and some of the synthetic products seem to be harder to remove, sometimes taking 4 or 5 fouling shots before the firearm settles back down. In any case all firearms that are stored for more than 6 months get re-cleaned anyway. [/QUOTE]
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