dirtiest barell ever!

[xaddo]

Hello all. Long time reader, first time poster.
I bought a savage 110 Ba 338 with a dozen rounds through it, apparently with no break-in/cleaning. Figured a good cleaning was in order.
Now let me start by saying that I have been shooting and cleaning rifles for many
years, but this one has stumped me!
I am 6 hours,225 patches,1/3 bottle of Butches Bore Shine, 1/3 bottle of Remington 40x and a lot of confusion into cleaning this thing!The last patches through it look like the first patches through a fouled muzzle loader!
Please help!

 

[idaho elk hunter]

Sounds like your using brass and copper brushes along with a brass rod.

 

[J E Custom]

Try some Bore tech eliminator and leave it over night. (It is one of the few that you can leave in a barrel).

Or use some Sweets 7.62 solvent .(But don't leave this in over 30 min)

To apply= use a cotton swab and a nickel plated jag. (No copper or brass)

This should remove all the copper or prove that the brushes are the problem.

Good luck.

J E CUSTOM

 

[Dosh]

Xaddo, must be pretty dirty, but not the winner for dirtiest. My brother in law decided to start hunting again after a thirty year hiatus. His Remington 700 was the dirtiest I have ever seen. I plugged the chamber and filled it full of Wipe Out and left it for 24 hours and had to repeat it again to get it clean. 8 patches and hardly a dent in a can of the Wipe Out and it was clean verified with a bore scope. Lucky there was no rust anywhere and it shoots quite well with hand loads. Good luck

 

[xaddo]

Thanks guys!
I will start by trying the bore tech eliminator over night.
I will also research the wipe out...never heard of it.