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Todd Hodnett: Shooting on a Clean Bore
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<blockquote data-quote="c_bass16" data-source="post: 911839" data-attributes="member: 20355"><p>There are two points he makes that would suggest he is referring to cleaning all the carbon AND copper out of the barrel during the entire break in process.</p><p></p><p>At about the :40 second mark he says that he "doesn't strip copper out of his guns AFTER he does the break in process."</p><p></p><p>Also, at about the 1:01 mark when he describes HIS break in process...he says between his shot strings 1 clean 2 clean 3 clean etc then 1,2 clean 3, 4 clean etc...</p><p>he says "we're stripping all the carbon out, THEN we take all the copper out, with something like sweets or any of the other COPPER solvents"</p><p></p><p>My understanding is that it is difficult to remove COPPER without first removing CARBON.</p><p></p><p>SERIES ONE</p><p>1 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>2 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>3 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>4 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>5 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p></p><p>SERIES 2 (copper should already be less obvious)</p><p>1 shot, 2nd shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>3 shot, 4 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>5 shot, 6 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p></p><p>Series 3 (copper should be even less pronounced)</p><p>1 shot, 2nd shot, 3 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p>4 shot, 5 shot, 6 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p></p><p>Series 4 (my or may not see any copper at all)</p><p>1 shot, 2nd shot, 3 shot, 4 shot, 5 shot</p><p>remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch</p><p></p><p></p><p>Once you start to see VERY LITTLE or no copper at all, you can just clean the carbon out and let the copper slowly build a light layer of "protection" </p><p></p><p>My understanding is that the light layer of copper, actually helps to seals your steel barrel from the damage that the carbon can do.</p><p></p><p>When I used this method on my last build, my 7mm rem, I noticed copper clear out at the lands of the muzzle after the first 5 shots, but after series 3...I wasn't getting ANY copper fowling at all...so I concluded the break in to be complete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c_bass16, post: 911839, member: 20355"] There are two points he makes that would suggest he is referring to cleaning all the carbon AND copper out of the barrel during the entire break in process. At about the :40 second mark he says that he "doesn't strip copper out of his guns AFTER he does the break in process." Also, at about the 1:01 mark when he describes HIS break in process...he says between his shot strings 1 clean 2 clean 3 clean etc then 1,2 clean 3, 4 clean etc... he says "we're stripping all the carbon out, THEN we take all the copper out, with something like sweets or any of the other COPPER solvents" My understanding is that it is difficult to remove COPPER without first removing CARBON. SERIES ONE 1 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 2 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 3 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 4 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 5 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch SERIES 2 (copper should already be less obvious) 1 shot, 2nd shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 3 shot, 4 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 5 shot, 6 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch Series 3 (copper should be even less pronounced) 1 shot, 2nd shot, 3 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch 4 shot, 5 shot, 6 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch Series 4 (my or may not see any copper at all) 1 shot, 2nd shot, 3 shot, 4 shot, 5 shot remove carbon, remove copper, dry patch Once you start to see VERY LITTLE or no copper at all, you can just clean the carbon out and let the copper slowly build a light layer of "protection" My understanding is that the light layer of copper, actually helps to seals your steel barrel from the damage that the carbon can do. When I used this method on my last build, my 7mm rem, I noticed copper clear out at the lands of the muzzle after the first 5 shots, but after series 3...I wasn't getting ANY copper fowling at all...so I concluded the break in to be complete. [/QUOTE]
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