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What bore cleaner do you use ?!
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<blockquote data-quote="woodnut" data-source="post: 2169952" data-attributes="member: 17593"><p>Well, I can save you a ton of patches and a heckofa lot of work and time and still maintain a good barrel life and accuracy! I used to do very much like you: kinda religiously clean the barrel after ANY shooting session, no matter how many shots I fired. But I found a much better way.</p><p>What I have learned is this. To break in; shoot 5, pull one for 20 shots. After that, shoot as much as you want. All year if you want. The important thing is NEVER shoot a dry barrel! The "pull one" is the key. That's when you start a bore snake into the barrel, from the breach of course; drip some oil, I use Ballistol, down it and pull through. I also use a "pipet" and fill about a 4th of the squeeze end, thats about all you need, maybe a bit more for big holes. It should leak out ahead of the brush section when you pull it, so be ready to catch it in a rag. That will make a wet barrel (and remove some fouling) to start and shooting will keep it wet. I have been doing this and my rifles apparently love it! </p><p>Think about the benchrest shooters routine. They start with a gleeming clean barrel ...and THEN FOUL IT before shooting for record! They wear out barrels very quick, too. An excellent barrel maker gave this method to my gunsmith who gave it to me. I don't use patches nor bristle brushes. The snake has bristles built in. Once a year you MIGHT do the cleaning dance, but only if you see a degradation of the accuracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodnut, post: 2169952, member: 17593"] Well, I can save you a ton of patches and a heckofa lot of work and time and still maintain a good barrel life and accuracy! I used to do very much like you: kinda religiously clean the barrel after ANY shooting session, no matter how many shots I fired. But I found a much better way. What I have learned is this. To break in; shoot 5, pull one for 20 shots. After that, shoot as much as you want. All year if you want. The important thing is NEVER shoot a dry barrel! The "pull one" is the key. That's when you start a bore snake into the barrel, from the breach of course; drip some oil, I use Ballistol, down it and pull through. I also use a "pipet" and fill about a 4th of the squeeze end, thats about all you need, maybe a bit more for big holes. It should leak out ahead of the brush section when you pull it, so be ready to catch it in a rag. That will make a wet barrel (and remove some fouling) to start and shooting will keep it wet. I have been doing this and my rifles apparently love it! Think about the benchrest shooters routine. They start with a gleeming clean barrel ...and THEN FOUL IT before shooting for record! They wear out barrels very quick, too. An excellent barrel maker gave this method to my gunsmith who gave it to me. I don't use patches nor bristle brushes. The snake has bristles built in. Once a year you MIGHT do the cleaning dance, but only if you see a degradation of the accuracy. [/QUOTE]
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