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7mm STW Brotherhood - For those who shoot the 7mm Shooting Times Westerner
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<blockquote data-quote="OFFISHN" data-source="post: 1434461" data-attributes="member: 103219"><p>My cleaning regiment is after 15-20 rounds or after firing even a few. First off I start with hoppies #9 and a bronze brush. 10 passes (down and back=1) then reaply hoppies #9. Repeat for 5 times. Then I bore scope to see if copper is present. I've never not had it present. Some bullets are worse then others but I don't have a firm opinion on what's better or worse. If they work they work. After checking for copper I apply sweets copper remover on a patch and plastic jag so I don't leave a signature from a brass jag. Scrub for 10 passes then push 3-5 clean patches to remove sweets then back to hoppies #9 for 10 passes which scrubs out any remaining sweets. Then check with bore scope. Repeat until copper is totally gone. Scrub with hoppies and a couple clean patches. Then oil it down with kroil when your putting it away. When you take it out next time run a clean patch down the bore before you get on your way. </p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, for years I thought I had a good cleaning regiment until one rifle lost all accuracy, after countless cleaning I thought I saw red rust in the muzzle a couple of inches in. I decided to break down and by a bore scope. What I saw was total copper fouling. I could not believe it after all I thought I did a good cleaning regiment. Boy was I wrong. I light in the bore will always show a shinny bore if cleaned but you will never see the valley loading up. Copper remover and blue it removes is a good indication but you really can't tell unless you get up close and personal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OFFISHN, post: 1434461, member: 103219"] My cleaning regiment is after 15-20 rounds or after firing even a few. First off I start with hoppies #9 and a bronze brush. 10 passes (down and back=1) then reaply hoppies #9. Repeat for 5 times. Then I bore scope to see if copper is present. I’ve never not had it present. Some bullets are worse then others but I don’t have a firm opinion on what’s better or worse. If they work they work. After checking for copper I apply sweets copper remover on a patch and plastic jag so I don’t leave a signature from a brass jag. Scrub for 10 passes then push 3-5 clean patches to remove sweets then back to hoppies #9 for 10 passes which scrubs out any remaining sweets. Then check with bore scope. Repeat until copper is totally gone. Scrub with hoppies and a couple clean patches. Then oil it down with kroil when your putting it away. When you take it out next time run a clean patch down the bore before you get on your way. For what it’s worth, for years I thought I had a good cleaning regiment until one rifle lost all accuracy, after countless cleaning I thought I saw red rust in the muzzle a couple of inches in. I decided to break down and by a bore scope. What I saw was total copper fouling. I could not believe it after all I thought I did a good cleaning regiment. Boy was I wrong. I light in the bore will always show a shinny bore if cleaned but you will never see the valley loading up. Copper remover and blue it removes is a good indication but you really can’t tell unless you get up close and personal. [/QUOTE]
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