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barrel cleaning ........................your way
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<blockquote data-quote="frankinaustin" data-source="post: 962923" data-attributes="member: 71931"><p>I clean after every trip to the range - and thats with 50 - 100 rds fired. There are 3 "categories" of cleaning:</p><p> </p><p>1.) Carbon cleanout - Run Hoppe's No. 9 be wrapping a patch around a nylyon brush and run it thru the barrel back and forth about 10 strokes. I save my nasty ole patch. I might do two cycles of this depending on how hot it is in the garage. After the Hoppes I then run a patch wrapped around the nylon brush with a good squirt of Berryman's B-12 Chemtool. It's basicly tolulene and Methyl alchohol. And this is mostly done to clean out the hoppes.</p><p> </p><p>2.) Copper fouling - I run a patch on a jag thru the barrel well drenched in Sweets 7.62. I may chnage the patch about 3 or 4 times. I stroke one way - just pushing it thru the barrel, taking off the jag, and then reattaching when I push it thru again. It's less about how many times you push it thru, and more about how long (time duration) I do this process. I let this activity occupy me for about 15 min. Again I save all the used patches. It's worth noting that when I complete step 1, the last patch is very "clean." Howeve, when I start remving the copper fouling, MAN do you find some crud!! That sweets will dirty up a patch as if you had pulled off a fifth wheel.</p><p> </p><p>3.) After I've worked the sweets for 15 min, then I clean up my rod and jag and bore guide (more about that next) with the Berrymans and then work the barrel with Break Free CLP. That stuff is an amazing product for cleaning crap out of the rifling. With the break free CLP, I wrap a patch around the nylon brush and stroke it thru about 10 times. I will go thru two cycles of this. (you will be amazed at what it picks up). I then finish by pushing thru dry patches on a jag - probably 10. Lastly I will run a single patch with a little squirt of Berrymans to wipe out any of the CLP. (CLP is an amazing penetrating oil. If you put a drop in the middle of Los Angeles, it will spread to every corner of the City). (That was hyperbole, btw).</p><p> </p><p>Note on equipment: I have a plastic bore guide that I bought from sinclairs. Get one. It will lower your misery level 75% when cleaning. Makes the job a lot better. I also use a cleaning rod that is made of carbon fiber. It was expensive but all they had. It's perfectly rigid and makes it easy to manuver when pushing thru that bore guide. It's just an awesome tool... I think it was made by gunslick.</p><p> </p><p>Most important issue on cleaning is just to do it. IT's like exercise - no right or wrong way for the most part, just do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frankinaustin, post: 962923, member: 71931"] I clean after every trip to the range - and thats with 50 - 100 rds fired. There are 3 "categories" of cleaning: 1.) Carbon cleanout - Run Hoppe's No. 9 be wrapping a patch around a nylyon brush and run it thru the barrel back and forth about 10 strokes. I save my nasty ole patch. I might do two cycles of this depending on how hot it is in the garage. After the Hoppes I then run a patch wrapped around the nylon brush with a good squirt of Berryman's B-12 Chemtool. It's basicly tolulene and Methyl alchohol. And this is mostly done to clean out the hoppes. 2.) Copper fouling - I run a patch on a jag thru the barrel well drenched in Sweets 7.62. I may chnage the patch about 3 or 4 times. I stroke one way - just pushing it thru the barrel, taking off the jag, and then reattaching when I push it thru again. It's less about how many times you push it thru, and more about how long (time duration) I do this process. I let this activity occupy me for about 15 min. Again I save all the used patches. It's worth noting that when I complete step 1, the last patch is very "clean." Howeve, when I start remving the copper fouling, MAN do you find some crud!! That sweets will dirty up a patch as if you had pulled off a fifth wheel. 3.) After I've worked the sweets for 15 min, then I clean up my rod and jag and bore guide (more about that next) with the Berrymans and then work the barrel with Break Free CLP. That stuff is an amazing product for cleaning crap out of the rifling. With the break free CLP, I wrap a patch around the nylon brush and stroke it thru about 10 times. I will go thru two cycles of this. (you will be amazed at what it picks up). I then finish by pushing thru dry patches on a jag - probably 10. Lastly I will run a single patch with a little squirt of Berrymans to wipe out any of the CLP. (CLP is an amazing penetrating oil. If you put a drop in the middle of Los Angeles, it will spread to every corner of the City). (That was hyperbole, btw). Note on equipment: I have a plastic bore guide that I bought from sinclairs. Get one. It will lower your misery level 75% when cleaning. Makes the job a lot better. I also use a cleaning rod that is made of carbon fiber. It was expensive but all they had. It's perfectly rigid and makes it easy to manuver when pushing thru that bore guide. It's just an awesome tool... I think it was made by gunslick. Most important issue on cleaning is just to do it. IT's like exercise - no right or wrong way for the most part, just do it. [/QUOTE]
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