Brux barrels (pics added)

[memilanuk]

@ckaberna I have had the *exact* same thing going on in my last three barrels - two Bartleins and one Krieger. I have tried bronze brushes, patches and felts with abrasives, and various chemicals (all the ones mentioned so far plus many more). Nothing touches that crap in the bottom of the grooves so far. Just because the patches show clean doesn't mean anything - it still looks like that when I run a bore-scope in.

In my barrels it started forming a few inches ahead of the throat, and just kept growing towards the muzzle as the round count increased. .308 Win pushing 200 Hybrids and/or 200.20Xs with Varget or H4895.

 

[ckaberna]

Maybe this won’t have effect? Before I got the bore scope I would have said barrel was spotless due to the clean patches coming out.
But then again I am shooting better now than I ever have. Quality of equipment I think.
May have chance to shoot some this weekend and my plans are to throw the eliminator to it right after shooting while still warm/hot. This was the advice I received from a very respected shooter, will update.

 

[Puzzaz01]

How is your rifle grouping? Not saying it doesn't need cleaning, just don't fix what's not broken. I rarely deep clean my barrel ( maybe 400-500 rounds ) and that's only when I see my groups starting to open up. Sometimes it's just a seating depth correction related to throat erosion and not a cleaning issue. Hope I didn't get off topic.

Darrin

 

[AckleymanII]

So, what you are finding out is that cleaning with patches is not good enough.

Clean with a tad bit of JB on your patches, about 5 patches.

I use good bronze bristle brushes, and never expect much of anything accomplished by soaking other than copper removal.

I shoot 3 times a week on an average, and I use a hawkeye.

 

[Steve Ladino]

is it just me or are the Brux barrels harder to clean than say.....Krieger?
I have 4 of these and they seem to keep a black carbon down in the grooves. May just be my cleaning method but I need advice. Been using eliminator and/or wipe out with some success but not as clean as I would like it. Also using Iosso nylon brushes and proshot bronze brushes.
Have used JB paste but the grooves seem deeper than the brush will get to? It’s 6BR. 8T

Sure that there isn't fire cracking going on there....what's the round count approx.

 

[ckaberna]

I can’t identify any fire cracking in this one. Maybe some more experienced eyes can? Round count is supposed to be 550. I have another barrel that came with this same gun that I can clearly see some cracking. Not terrible but it is there.
As for shooting, I haven’t yet it was this way when I bought it.

 

[22DASHER]

Sometimes you just need to throw the bore scope away! You would never want to look inside one of my best shooting barrels!

 

[PRECISIONWELDING01]

The best shooting barrels I own are Brux .

 

[Matt P]

Looks like H4895.
What powder are you using ??
Matt P

 

[McFred]

How is your rifle grouping? Not saying it doesn't need cleaning, just don't fix what's not broken. I rarely deep clean my barrel ( maybe 400-500 rounds ) and that's only when I see my groups starting to open up.

^ How does it shoot?

My 7mm Brux' barrels seem to work great dirty, so there's not much incentive to agonize over cleaning.

 

[snakepit]

About every 200 or 300 rounds I insert a Sinclair Chamber Plug, then fill the barrel or at least the first 10 inches with C4 and let it set for a couple of hours, or a couple of days, or a couple of weeks and then drain it and run a couple of dry patches through the barrel and then clean as per the Bore Tech cleaning instructions. I have had no carbon or carbon ring problems as checked by my borescope. Bore Tech told me they have barrels that have been soaking in tanks of C4 for as long as several years that they periodically check and have found no problems with the barrel and long term soaking.

 

[Longtrain]

I have tried everything to remove carbon, C4 does a pretty good job, but sometimes you need some J-B or Rem Bore Cleaner and some elbow grease to get it out. The longer you wait the tougher it is to remove.

 

[AckleymanII]

Rem Clean is some serious aggressive cleaner, use with caution and in extreme cases only.

 

[ckaberna]

This barrel was exclusively rl15 according to prior owner. May shoot fine like this? I will try it this weekend. Thanks for all the input and I will be getting the C4

 

[cw308]

What has been working well for me is Ballistol at the range after shooting , 4 patches wet , when I get home dry patch , I'm using a Parker Hale jag , the patch wraps around the jag acting like a mop , alot of cleaning surface . After dry patching out the Ballistol I scrub two patches of JB Compound dry patch out , then followed by Hoppes # 9 solvent two times the dry patch until clean and dry . First shot is dead on no foul shots needed .

 

[msinc]

I have heard nothing but good things about Brux barrels. Never owned one, but I have looked in several and have shot rifles barreled with them. I scope a lot of bores. In fact, every chance I get to have a look at a bore I always check it out. I have seen this black discoloration in the grooves on a few barrels. I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that it is a Brux {or any other manufacturer}. I believe it is a powder thing. All of the barrels I have seen it in cleaned right up with JB Bore Cleaner. I got to the point where I don't even bother with my own barrels I just keep on gettin' it. First time I saw it I hurried up and got it out of there. I didn't know what it was and had never seen such a thing. Then after dismissing it {because it came right back} and the accuracy didn't really suffer, I just got to where I leave it alone. It might be the stuff they put in all these newer anti copper foul powders.
Honestly, when it comes to custom barrels....there are no bad ones out there. They are all good. I really wish I could say there is one brand that has proven to be substantially "better" or more accurate than the rest, or that there is a company that produces more so-called "Hummer" barrels than the rest.....but no, they are all good.

 

[DirtySteve]

If it shoot well I would not worry about it. I clean my rifle lightly after200-300 rounds. Every third or fourth match. Mr Shilen said once, "Why clean your barrel spotless only to have to turn a round and run a dozen rounds through it before it settles down." Or some thing very similar to this. Point being he did not care if his barrels are spotless just wether they shoot or not.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If it shoot well I would not worry about it. I clean my rifle lightly after200-300 rounds. Every third or fourth match. Mr Shilen said once, "Why clean your barrel spotless only to have to turn a round and run a dozen rounds through it before it settles down." Or some thing very similar to this. Point being he did not care if his barrels are spotless just wether they shoot or not.

Thats why youre “dirty steve”

 

[1shot]

Over the years, I've had bbls. from all the top manufactures that were either very easy to clean or were a royal PITA.
This just reinforces what I believe to be true that every barrel has its own personality. Just like two identical barrels chambered with the same reamer with shoot bullet "A" great, while the other one won't. BTW, here is another vote for C4.
I switched from Butches and am glad I did.
I hope this helps,

Lloyd

 

[6_5_284]

I have shot several makes of custom barrels over the years (and that's a good many years"). For the last several years I have shot nothing but BRUX. Several fellow shooters also shoot BRUX. We all have said the same thing. Brux seems to clean up better than any barrels we have ever used. Maybe it's just us??