Carbon removal.

[Clancy]

Another reason I believe people have trouble cleaning:

Bronze brushes are a consumable. I might use one for 2-3 cleanings (30 strokes in and out) and then they’re either trashed or I move them down to the next smallest caliber. I’ve been using left over 6mm brushes in my 22s for years. Works great.

Bulk pro shots are under 50 cents each fairly often on Amazon

 

[TTE]

FWIW - results @ 3:30 on the timeline

 

[Jon Leary]

Stop It! CLR and LIME-A-Way are not meant for your gun. If you use it you are not suppossed to leave it on more than 15 minutes and even shorter is even better. You have to get it completly out of the rifle.

CLR is designed to clean toilets and coffee pots and such not rifles.

CLR Ingredient List

• Text from the label. As it appears in the database.
• Water. WATER.
• Lactic Acid. LACTIC ACID. LACTIC ACID, L-
• Gluconic Acid. GLUCONIC ACID.
• Lauramine Oxide. LAURAMINE OXIDE.
• Tripropylene Glycol n-Butyl Ether. TRIPROPYLENE GLYCOL BUTYL ETHER.
• Blue 1. CI 42090 (FD&C Blue No. ...
• Yellow 5. FD&C Yellow No.

Lime-A-Way Ingredients

• Water.
• Hydrochloric Acid.
• PEG-2 Hydrogenated Tallow Amine.
• C10-16 Pareth (C12-16 Alcohols Ethoxylated or C10-16 Alketh)
• Methyl Salicylate.
• Acid Yellow 23.
• Acid Blue 93.

Using high energy solvents is a much better option for 100% steel safe cleaning. Might be more work but willnever harm the steel or the steels finish. All cleaners that will allow good cleaning of carbon can damage stock finishes, plastics and optic coatins!

After using Lime Away it will rust so if you try it don't let it soak too long.

 

[jaybray]

Each to their own but I have used CLR now in my Stainless Krieger 6 Dasher barrel now for around 700 rounds and it still shoots just as good as when new. It won't remove hard carbon as per my bore scope but i have yet to find anything that will better it in removing 'Regular" carbon.

 

[old_heli_logger]

I wish I could recover the time I've spent reading through thread after thread after thread on barrel cleaning. I do know this, regardless of the solvent you prefer or your cleaning method, there is one constant and that is to clean right after you're done shooting, while the barrel is still warm. If you do this, a lot of the problems miraculously go away.

Oh great, out comes the propane torch because it got too cool to clean...

 

[Dolomite]

Best thing I ever used to get all the carbon out.

ThorroClean Bore Cleaning System - 118ml Bottles

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[Rick300]

+1

 

[FNSafari]

bore paste on a stiff nylon brush with a patch to tighten things up. Works like a charm.

 

[Larry Koch]

I’m going to contact CLR to add stainless steel rifle, bore cleaner to their instructions.
And charge 3 dollars a OZ. So everyone knows it good.

 

[wedgy]

That barrel is the worst carbon fouled I have ever had and I think it was the powder. 6.5 Stabil. Any one else using that stuff?

yes, was VERY dirty in a 6.5x284 and somewhat erratic in pressure, went from no signs to over pressure with crated primer and hard bolt lift.

 

[varget204]

A good stiff plastic bristle brush, copper remover & some Elbow Grease Always Works

 

[seymour fish]

CLR + Eric Cortina

Late to the party, friend. After the click bait, he’s “against”