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newbie question, bore cleaning
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 589122" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>You can do a lot more harm to a barrel by improperly cleaning it than you ever will by shooting it a bunch. </p><p></p><p>One of the biggest mistakes I see people do all the time is not let the solvent work. They soak a patch run it down the bore and immediately run a dry one down. LET THAT SOLVENT SOAK AND WORK 15 OR SO MINUTES. Never use a steel brush. Bronze or copper is OK but don't use them with copper solvent because it will eat them and leave the leftovers in your bore. I don't even use a cleaning rod. I use weed eater line. Cut you a piece about a foot longer than your barrel and action. Sharpen one end and with a flame melt the other end and push it against a piece of glass to form a button. It will not stick to glass. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> You can file the edges of the button to just under your bore diameter if you need to. Speer a patch with the sharp end and push it to the button end. Place solvent on the patch and place the sharpened end into the chamber end and push it out the muzzle end and pull the patch through the bore. LET IS SOAK. Then repeat with a dry patch until clean. You will not harm your bore or your crown and you can clean anything from the chamber end with this method. Best of all the cleaning rod only cost you a few cents. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 589122, member: 10178"] You can do a lot more harm to a barrel by improperly cleaning it than you ever will by shooting it a bunch. One of the biggest mistakes I see people do all the time is not let the solvent work. They soak a patch run it down the bore and immediately run a dry one down. LET THAT SOLVENT SOAK AND WORK 15 OR SO MINUTES. Never use a steel brush. Bronze or copper is OK but don't use them with copper solvent because it will eat them and leave the leftovers in your bore. I don't even use a cleaning rod. I use weed eater line. Cut you a piece about a foot longer than your barrel and action. Sharpen one end and with a flame melt the other end and push it against a piece of glass to form a button. It will not stick to glass. :D You can file the edges of the button to just under your bore diameter if you need to. Speer a patch with the sharp end and push it to the button end. Place solvent on the patch and place the sharpened end into the chamber end and push it out the muzzle end and pull the patch through the bore. LET IS SOAK. Then repeat with a dry patch until clean. You will not harm your bore or your crown and you can clean anything from the chamber end with this method. Best of all the cleaning rod only cost you a few cents. :D [/QUOTE]
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