I have read a few articles on cleaning a nice bench rifle, but they did not give a lot of product info. I would like to do a deep cleaning on a few of my rifles, and humbly submit, am confused on different products. Could someone point me in the right direction on sequence, timing and products. I would owe you one. Being Autistic, I am a visual learner. Thanks
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- Thread starter Jerry Snyder
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OMG have you kicked a hornets nest. This post will be 10 pages long. Here's my version but no products as most all are good and it isn't worth arguing over. You must start with a bore guide, I like the Delrin plastic ones and it needs to be made to fit your chambering. I mean if the gun is 6PPC then get one that is made for your action and 6PPC. Get a smooth Stainless steel rod, last I bought was a Dewey, and I use the Dewey Parker-Hale jags, you wrap the patch around the jag on them and you may need to experiment to make the patch fit tight in the bore. Too loose get bigger, too tight cut patch smaller. For chemical I use Hope's number 9 Benchrest. Use till patches look clean, run a dry patch through and look with borescope and see if it is truly clean. Get a Dewey or Sinclair action kit and use a dental roll to clean blot lugs, and a shot gun mop the right size to clean the chamber. If copper is present Butches bore shine, Montana extreme for a copper remover. you may not need to clean for copper every time, check with bore scope. If after cleaning 3 or 4 times there is black carbon in the corners of the rifling grooves, you may want to try JB paste. But be careful with it and only every 3 or 4th time at most you may not even need it that often. This is my version you may hear a bunch of different versions, they may be better, they may be worse. try some out, you won't be happy the 1st or 2nd time and you will make changes and eventually you will have your own version, and it will be the best at least for you.
Fast14riot
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I'm a big fan of Thorroclean. A couple wet patches, then nylon brush with paste, scrub 20-30 times reloading brush if needed. Dry patch it out, couple wet patches, finish with dry. Quick, efficient and does the job well.
The best thing I found for getting a good deep cleaning is to wet down the bore a the range right after I finished my session. Then If I've got a pretty good built up of carbon, I'll soak the bore overnight to get things softened up. You can use most any bore cleaner this way and should do a good job. My preference is Patch Out (with some of its accelerator applied before hand). Giving the carbon ring a good time of soaking helps there too..
rwj
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Jeff Porter
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Hornady cleaning
As a visual learner, here is a good demonstration of cleaning similar to what many use.
Deeper cleaning with JB bore paste or Iosso cleaner can be found but basically just need more elbow grease and the abrasives prior to this cleaning.
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Patch out and accelerator and if they are really bad a little bit of JB bore paste and Kroil on a patch wrapped around an undersized bronze brush and a good scrubbing will do the trick. Speedy has a good you tube video on benchrest rifle cleaning.
Dave
Choose a solvent of your choice. Read the label on how to use. Choose a good one-piece cleaning rod, jag & bronze brushes. Choose a good cotton patch of appropriate size. Get a good bore guide. Choose an internet expert in rifle cleaning from among the dozens available to advise you what to do/not do that is so much better than the dozens of other internet experts. Now, go shoot......then go home and clean your rifle how your chosen internet expert advised you to do so.
Thank you all. I have Lucas bore guides for each different caliber/rifle. Tipton Fiber carbon rods. I have been using Patch out with the accelerator prior. I just cannot get the carbon in the corners of the lands to get removed. I will try some of the JB product. Is the Kroil necessary? Thanks all.
One last question: When do you use copper cleaner? Before carbon removal, or after? Thanks
Carbon 1st then copper
This is pretty much the only product you need, if you really want to you can add a copper cleaning product as well.
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Run a couple wet patches of break/carb cleaner down the bore to get out the powder fowling and then thorroclean as directed on the bottle
Steve Donlon
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The Tipton carbon fiber rods are great for patches but you need a coated steel rod for a tight fitting brush like Montana Extreme. That will get the carbon out of the corners of the rifle grooves. A Tipton rod will just bend using a tight fitting brush.
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