Chamber Cleaning?

[WestKYShooter]

I've never put much into cleaning the chambers of my rifles, but I'm getting some significant round counts on a couple of them and I'm thinking it might be time to give them some love.

One of them is a Remington 700 that I've been trying to work up a load for, and have not been able to get my ES/SD's down as low as I would like. I'm wondering if this could be a part of the problem.

Anyways, do you clean the chamber of your bolt guns? How often? How do you do it, and with what?

 

[aj300mag]

I've never put much into cleaning the chambers of my rifles, but I'm getting some significant round counts on a couple of them and I'm thinking it might be time to give them some love.

One of them is a Remington 700 that I've been trying to work up a load for, and have not been able to get my ES/SD's down as low as I would like. I'm wondering if this could be a part of the problem.

Anyways, do you clean the chamber of your bolt guns? How often? How do you do it, and with what?

Yes.

Every time I clean the barrel.

Sinclair tool with a bore mop that has lighter fluid dripped on it.

 

[BenPerfected]

Check out Brownells chamber pellet cleaning system. Great for controlling the donut.

 

[agr516]

Those Brownells felt doughtnut pellets do work very well. Its the only way i can control carbon doughnut formation in my 243ai. Kroil soak the pellet and then saturate with JBs Bore Paste. Short stroke it on the throat and it takes out carbon that no solvent i know of can touch.

 

[dcali]

Only the neck area where you might get fouling. The rest of the chamber stays remarkably clean in my experience. A little JB every few hundred rounds seems to keep things manageable. On the other hand, I don't have a bore scope, so I can't say if that's too much or not enough. But it does seem to work with my rifles.

 

[Shynloco]

When you say "significant round count", how many rounds, what caliber and have you been shooting hot loads alot? When groups start opening up with the same loads that were good and tight before, that is a good indicator that it may well be time for a barrel change. The caliber is also important in the sense that some calibers are know to start going south at 1500 - 2000 rds whereas others may go until 3000-3500 rds. And I'm talking "top" accuracy barrels used for serious benchrest shooting. Mind you, many of those barrels will work fine when used for hunting and plinking. But when 5 shot groups go from .100 to .400 (@100 yds) time to say bye bye unless you want to keep the barrel for other things. Just my .02 worth. BTW, I clean my barrel/chamber after every outing and even dry patch whenever I shoot loads using a different powder. Does make a difference on performance and grouping.

Alex

 

[jepp2]

Anyways, do you clean the chamber of your bolt guns? How often? How do you do it, and with what?

I clean the chambers before I insert the bore guide, so every time I clean the barrels.

I use a 9mm jag on a 12 rod with a 2 inch patch soaked in Ed's Red. Then I use a clean patch to dry the chamber. Then I insert my bore guide and clean the rifle bore. When finished, I run a dry patch into the chamber, and use 1/2 a Q-tip with curved hemostats to clean the chamber face of the barrel. I will also clean the mating surface the locking lugs seat against.

I lube my bolt and it is ready for the next time.

 

[memilanuk]

I use a BoreTech lug recess cleaning tool. I add a .38 cal nylon bristle brush, wrap it with a 3" square cotton patch, spray it with a mild gun cleaner/solvent like M-Pro 7 to clean the chamber. Use another 3" patch to dry the chamber. I do this *after* cleaning the barrel, to take care of any drips or residue that may have found its way out of the bore guide, or got squeezed around the mouth of the bore guide. After that, the BoreTech lug recess cleaning tool has a rubber head that is shaped to conform to the bolt raceway just like a bolt head, with a jag for spearing a 2" round patch. Push it in, twist it a few times, and pull it back out, and it takes care of cleaning the face of the breech, the lug recesses, and the bolt raceway.

 

[WestKYShooter]

When you say "significant round count", how many rounds, what caliber and have you been shooting hot loads a lot.

Probably near 1,000 give or take. .308win and not "a lot" of hot rounds, but a few when I do ladder tests and get near the max loads.

 

[boltfluter]

I use a .45 cal nylon brush with a patch wrapped around it. Apply some alcohol to the patch and rotate the brush into and out of the chamber and you will be amazed with what comes out. Chamber will be clean and dry.

Paul

www.boltfluting.com

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Earbuds and Alcohol every time I clean (found some that looks like some sort of swab with a big cotton ball), yes I know but they stay pretty clean anyway