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Got my rig put together (Hart barrel) and got some range time. Pix included.
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 281195" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>My cleaning tecniques in the past included way too tight fitting patches, too much amonia and too much JB.</p><p></p><p>My current technique is looser fitted patches, NO JB and NO amonia. I also use a bronze brush now. IMO, the bronze brush is what reall gets rid of powder fouling. I have first had experience that shows too much JB can and will over time wear the lands down. I can see using it on a rough factory barrel but not a smooth custom barrel. Hart strongly recomends NOT using JB or similar cleaners.</p><p></p><p>I run a wet patch down the bore using Hoppes 9 copper solution. Then a soaked bronze brush back and forth 10 times. Then a dry patch, a wet one, a dry one and another wet then dry one. This is all I have had to do to get my Hart back to a mirror shine. Copper fouling was only an issue with one bullet and a very minor issue at that. To get that out, I ran a wet patch through and let her sit upside down for a few hours. I ran a dray patch through and the copper was gone. Quick, effective and easy!</p><p></p><p>I was reading in the Benchrest shooting primer the other day and one of the things noted was that barrels that had used amonia based solvents either during break in or over the life of the barrel or both had many more cracks inside with fewer shots than barrels that had many more shots and had never seen an amonia based solvent. The thought was because amonia based solvents dry out the steel where as other types keep them more in their natural state. I dont know if this is true, but I will in a year or two. I know what my barrels look like when used with lots of JB and amonia, soon I will know what they look like when not used with these. IMO a good custom barrel will not need amonia or JB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 281195, member: 1007"] My cleaning tecniques in the past included way too tight fitting patches, too much amonia and too much JB. My current technique is looser fitted patches, NO JB and NO amonia. I also use a bronze brush now. IMO, the bronze brush is what reall gets rid of powder fouling. I have first had experience that shows too much JB can and will over time wear the lands down. I can see using it on a rough factory barrel but not a smooth custom barrel. Hart strongly recomends NOT using JB or similar cleaners. I run a wet patch down the bore using Hoppes 9 copper solution. Then a soaked bronze brush back and forth 10 times. Then a dry patch, a wet one, a dry one and another wet then dry one. This is all I have had to do to get my Hart back to a mirror shine. Copper fouling was only an issue with one bullet and a very minor issue at that. To get that out, I ran a wet patch through and let her sit upside down for a few hours. I ran a dray patch through and the copper was gone. Quick, effective and easy! I was reading in the Benchrest shooting primer the other day and one of the things noted was that barrels that had used amonia based solvents either during break in or over the life of the barrel or both had many more cracks inside with fewer shots than barrels that had many more shots and had never seen an amonia based solvent. The thought was because amonia based solvents dry out the steel where as other types keep them more in their natural state. I dont know if this is true, but I will in a year or two. I know what my barrels look like when used with lots of JB and amonia, soon I will know what they look like when not used with these. IMO a good custom barrel will not need amonia or JB. [/QUOTE]
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