Michael Lares
Active Member
So was going to some more work-ups on my big gun and since it had been a while, & new barrel & all, thought I'd make sure it was clean. was clean when I put it away but>>>Cleaned barrel normally, brush & hoppes. Then thought well beings its pretty new maybe check for any copper. (I had shot about 9 rounds through it for break-in start previously, shoot-clean shoot clean etc. Everything was looking good.). Had already run some sweets through last go around but>>>. So I do the sweets again and it's perfect so I go out to try some loads & get some more break-in. Mild loads of course . Shot couple rounds and after checking stuff thought I'll run sweets through to make sure about copper. So I have some pretty good copper fouling and go to cleaning. After some time and it's it's still not clean I get to doubting myself like, did I really have it clean before?
Gave up and went home. In gun room start again, (I'm on a mission). Every time I think I have it, more blue.
Have a Lilja barrel with his muzzle brake. Took a plastic spray can lid and cut a piece that just fit thought the louvers of the the brake at first set. Now I have a"stop" for my cleaning jag.
Here's the bottom line that I've seen. If you don't get the Sweets hot in the barrel, you'll chase your tail around and round.
I came up with 60 strokes as fast as I could go end to end. My apparently clean barrel gave off blue for several rounds and then, wa la, nothing. You can smell the ammonia after about 30 to 40 strokes getting hot and then here comes the copper!
We'll see>>>
Gave up and went home. In gun room start again, (I'm on a mission). Every time I think I have it, more blue.
Have a Lilja barrel with his muzzle brake. Took a plastic spray can lid and cut a piece that just fit thought the louvers of the the brake at first set. Now I have a"stop" for my cleaning jag.
Here's the bottom line that I've seen. If you don't get the Sweets hot in the barrel, you'll chase your tail around and round.
I came up with 60 strokes as fast as I could go end to end. My apparently clean barrel gave off blue for several rounds and then, wa la, nothing. You can smell the ammonia after about 30 to 40 strokes getting hot and then here comes the copper!
We'll see>>>