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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1290120" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>There will be lots of replies and opinions on cleaning so you will have to decide which is best for you.</p><p></p><p>I am anal about the cleanliness of my barrels/fire arms, so my take will be different than many. I have personally found that clean barrels last longer than barrels that are not cleaned often or not at all.</p><p></p><p>1 = A lightly fouled barrel cleans up with very little effort and without the use of harsh solvents or abrasives and very little brushing.</p><p></p><p>2 = A badly fouled barrel requires harsh solvents or lots of scrubbing to get them clean. Copper is not as much a problem as the carbon fouling left in the barrel. Carbon is much harder than the barrel and embeds in the bullet each time it is fired causing erosion.</p><p></p><p>When I can, I like to sweep the carbon from the bore each time it is fired with a patch or a bore snake so it is as clean as possible without a solvent cleaning and brushing.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes this is not possible and I have to wait until I can do a thorough cleaning. On stainless barrels I have let them go as long as several weeks when out of state or away from my cleaning equipment.</p><p></p><p>When shooting matches I have shot close to 100 rounds without cleaning but cleaned the bore as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p>When load testing, I clean after each group to get the most consistent results. and once I find the best load I find that it is the most accurate in a clean barrel. When a barrel shoots better with a fouled barrel It means that the barrel fouling has altered the load to the point of it shooting its best and if you clean the barrel, it wont shoot as well until it is fouled again. So if you like to shoot a fouled barrel, work up your loads with a fouled barrel and they will be more consistent.</p><p></p><p>This cleaning regiment is my experience with shooting and cleaning for over 50 years and works best for me.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1290120, member: 2736"] There will be lots of replies and opinions on cleaning so you will have to decide which is best for you. I am anal about the cleanliness of my barrels/fire arms, so my take will be different than many. I have personally found that clean barrels last longer than barrels that are not cleaned often or not at all. 1 = A lightly fouled barrel cleans up with very little effort and without the use of harsh solvents or abrasives and very little brushing. 2 = A badly fouled barrel requires harsh solvents or lots of scrubbing to get them clean. Copper is not as much a problem as the carbon fouling left in the barrel. Carbon is much harder than the barrel and embeds in the bullet each time it is fired causing erosion. When I can, I like to sweep the carbon from the bore each time it is fired with a patch or a bore snake so it is as clean as possible without a solvent cleaning and brushing. Sometimes this is not possible and I have to wait until I can do a thorough cleaning. On stainless barrels I have let them go as long as several weeks when out of state or away from my cleaning equipment. When shooting matches I have shot close to 100 rounds without cleaning but cleaned the bore as soon as possible. When load testing, I clean after each group to get the most consistent results. and once I find the best load I find that it is the most accurate in a clean barrel. When a barrel shoots better with a fouled barrel It means that the barrel fouling has altered the load to the point of it shooting its best and if you clean the barrel, it wont shoot as well until it is fouled again. So if you like to shoot a fouled barrel, work up your loads with a fouled barrel and they will be more consistent. This cleaning regiment is my experience with shooting and cleaning for over 50 years and works best for me. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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