Bore scope diagnosis?
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Larry Koch
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whats the green stuff? asking for a friend.
Kevin1990
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Just ordered some flitz from the link provided here. Should be here in two days or so. I have an older boretech nylon brush, and I used the iosso with it and it cleaned it up a little bit, but it's still there. So I'll get some pictures soon. Ordered some boretech eliminator and C4 as well to try out.
jackieschmidt
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This might be the first for accurateshooter,com.
A shooter worrying about the cleanliness of a 30BR barrel
A shooter worrying about the cleanliness of a 30BR barrel
Kevin1990
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Hahaha! I'm shooting it tomorrow, slight carbon build up be damned.This might be the first for accurateshooter,com.
A shooter worrying about the cleanliness of a 30BR barrel
ridgeway
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Im guessing, CLR.
Ccrider
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How many shots does it take for it to come back?
AlNyhus
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Hard to give an exact number. On a 30BR, a peek in there every hundred rounds or so will let you know what the individual barrel does. I have a new Bartlein that never seems to get any. But my cleaning approach is different from Kevin's.
Larry Koch
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My experience after 3000 rounds approximately, the barrel still shoots and looks relatively good but you get a flyer or unexplained shot. I have set it back and kept going another 1000 rounds,
While I have new one coming. I haven't experience getting some 5 to 7 thousand shot and being in the winner circle. But I do shoot at the higher velocity's. If your not getting 20 to 23 X's you will not be happy.
While I have new one coming. I haven't experience getting some 5 to 7 thousand shot and being in the winner circle. But I do shoot at the higher velocity's. If your not getting 20 to 23 X's you will not be happy.
Kevin1990
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Boy, that seems like a low round count from everything I've read about the cartridge.
timeout
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It's been a month since this thread started. I'm hoping to see a bore scope picture since following the aforementioned advice. Thanks!
Larry Koch
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You can shoot a barrel forever. Doesn't mean you will be competitive. It may be fine for a minute of deer.
Kevin1990
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I understand that, but I've read literally 1000s of threads on this forum and others and never heard of someone calling it quits on a barrel with 3000 rounds give or take for a 30BR and then taking even further to "minute of deer." I'm not saying it didn't happen to you or it never happens at all but I think you're an exception rather than the rule.
Larry Koch
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It not calling it quits. Its not winning. If a 30br barrel last 3 years. and set it back and get another year.
What is not to like. I may be a little conservative in round count, or as Speedy said, a new barrel fixes a lot of bad scopes.
What is not to like. I may be a little conservative in round count, or as Speedy said, a new barrel fixes a lot of bad scopes.
Kevin1990
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Hell, I don't know if it got better. Tonight, I used flitz with a bronze brush, and then let it soak in bore tech C4 for a few hours and scrubbed it good. I'm going to let it soak over night with the C4, and give it one last scrub. I shot it a couple weeks ago and it was still shooting same as always — real small. So it is what it is. I don't think I'll concern myself with it any longer. It just annoys me is all.
Before on that area:
After: not much difference.
Before on that area:
After: not much difference.
When I borecope my barrel after cleaning I find very often some carbon like on the picture you posted. Very tiny strings of carbon in the lands. I do not use iosso or other abrasive to get rid of it because it does not hurt my accuracy. I foul my barrel anyway before next match. Like Frank Green said, abrasives should be applied very carefully. i use cameleon gel by boretech which is way milder than iosso or even jb.
6MMsteve
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that's pretty much how I do it and Hoppes for clean out
6MMsteve
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do it when the barrel is hot and oil the barrel before doing anything, makes a slurry and helps loosen the carbon I think it's what I do anyway, barrel hot right after shooting coat with FreeAll let set then go with the carbon grinder might get lucky
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