Did Wipeout Products Ruin My Barrel?

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Gingerman said:
Nope, I alcohol flush and use a degreaser prior to firing sessions. The accelerator went in with no other chemicals.

I've left the two products in overnight on barrels for years too. Weird. I had another barrel produce the reddish stuff, but it didn't fuzzy up like this one.
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SWAG with no data to back it up. Chemical reaction with something in the barrel. Bullet coating, powder? Powder additive? Moisture? Something. Someone try this on a clean barrel. I'm not going to but I'll bet no reaction. Heck, just for peace of mind try it on the outside of the barrel it seemed to harm in a little place under the forearm. I'll bet no reaction occurs, but you will never know, and neither will we unless you try. Experiment!!
 
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SWAG with no data to back it up. Chemical reaction with something in the barrel. Bullet coating, powder? Powder additive? Moisture? Something.
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I meant I didn't mix products. Obviously reacted to something in the bore, but isn't that what a bore cleaner is supposed to do?
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Someone try this on a clean barrel. I'm not going to but I'll bet no reaction. Heck, just for peace of mind try it on the outside of the barrel it seemed to harm in a little place under the forearm. I'll bet no reaction occurs, but you will never know, and neither will we unless you try. Experiment!!
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Experimentation is why this thread is here! LOL
 
Do you have any JB Bore paste or JB Borebright polish? I have used those 2 on customers barrels with good results.
Powder residue has had similar results for me, especially stuff like RE33 and US869, not sure why…

Cheers.
 
I use patch out and accelerator, I'll combine the two on a patch and leave it in the barrel a few minutes and check a patch after 10-15 minutes. If the barrel is being stubborn I've left it over night and have never had an issue. I've had carbon and copper show up on the patches but never red or rust colors.
 
Looks like its just loaded up with carbon still. CLR on a new, or even over sized bronze brush (dip the brush in so its saturated). 30 Strokes, wet patch, then another wet brush and about 30 strokes. Then I run a single dry patch, spray it out with carb cleaner down the bore guide & barrel, and then like 3 dry patches. Nothing I've found comes even close to removing carbon like CLR, other than abrasives.
 
Everyone using CLR needs to be careful. I was talking to Kelbly's the other day and they said they are seeing quite a few actions/bolts come in that have been damaged. They're seeing action/barrel threads frozen and near impossible to remove and bolt faces pitted. They couldn't figure out why the recent uptick in this and every time the person says they've been using CLR. Maybe they're not cleaning it out quick enough, etc.

I realize everyone's going to say they've been using it without issue so don't all jump on me here. Just a word of caution.

Regarding the stuff in the barrel for the original post. I'd just dry it out and shoot it. Then look and see if it's gone. If it shoots I'd not worry about it.
 
you've got some stubborn fouling...
About 300 passes of a brush soaked with a decent nitro solvent (Hoppes9 or similar) with intermittent patching would cook that turkey. I'd use a new brush so the dang thing won't lie to you or re-deposit.
 
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