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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 1066583" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>Hoppes #9 is not going to clean copper from your bore. Pretty confident that copper fouling is your issue. </p><p></p><p>A guy at the range asked me where he could get his 7 Rem mag rebarreled as it was shot out. I asked him about the rifle. PO Ackley himself made the rifle so it WAS old but I asked him what he used to clean it anyway. Hoppes #9 . </p><p></p><p> I had him bring it to the range, next time we went, and told him to clean it up as best he could. The bore scope showed small copper colored lumps here and there, looked like tiny speed bumps! No shops in Tucson have Bore tech eliminator so I told him to get some Barnes CR-10 with instructions on how to use it. The following week I looked at it and it was clean, AND it shot nice groups again. </p><p></p><p>Go forth and get a copper cleaner. You might want to start with a foaming bore cleaner like wipe out as mentioned by a previous poster. I prefer Bore Tech Eliminator because you can leave some in to soak overnight, as often as you like. If you can't buy it locally then buy the more commonly available aggressive copper solvents like Barnes CR-10 or Sweet's 7.62. These cannot be left in the bore for very long and must be neutralized when done but they do work. </p><p></p><p>Expect plenty of blue patches when you begin the cleaning. Run patches through it till they come out clean. </p><p></p><p>I'll bet this will solve your issue. Then in the future use copper solvents as part of your cleaning regimen, things will clean up much faster with fewer shots through the bore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 1066583, member: 5219"] Hoppes #9 is not going to clean copper from your bore. Pretty confident that copper fouling is your issue. A guy at the range asked me where he could get his 7 Rem mag rebarreled as it was shot out. I asked him about the rifle. PO Ackley himself made the rifle so it WAS old but I asked him what he used to clean it anyway. Hoppes #9 . I had him bring it to the range, next time we went, and told him to clean it up as best he could. The bore scope showed small copper colored lumps here and there, looked like tiny speed bumps! No shops in Tucson have Bore tech eliminator so I told him to get some Barnes CR-10 with instructions on how to use it. The following week I looked at it and it was clean, AND it shot nice groups again. Go forth and get a copper cleaner. You might want to start with a foaming bore cleaner like wipe out as mentioned by a previous poster. I prefer Bore Tech Eliminator because you can leave some in to soak overnight, as often as you like. If you can't buy it locally then buy the more commonly available aggressive copper solvents like Barnes CR-10 or Sweet's 7.62. These cannot be left in the bore for very long and must be neutralized when done but they do work. Expect plenty of blue patches when you begin the cleaning. Run patches through it till they come out clean. I'll bet this will solve your issue. Then in the future use copper solvents as part of your cleaning regimen, things will clean up much faster with fewer shots through the bore. [/QUOTE]
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