Cleaning chemicals

[Andy Work]

Boretech Eliminator works great for me.

 

[kochie]

OK...I'll be odd man out here. I use JB and Kroil.

Well I do know kroll oil is a very good oil

Like was mentioned, get a bore scope. They are fairly inexpensive these days.


Pretty much anything will remove loose powder fouling that many believe is carbon.

Lots of good copper cleaners. Some work faster than others. Some have a blue indicator.


For hard carbon, which IMO is what actually is most important to remove, it requires mechanical means. That means 1 of 2 things....lots of brushing and BRUSHES. Or abrasives. Iosso, jb, etc.



After getting a bore scope I was absolutely beside myself. Pretty pricey chemicals and brushing wasn't doing hardly anything. Warm soaks after the range...long soaks with chemicals that are safe to do so...unless I changed brushes Pretty regularly and brushed a lot, it just wasn't removing the hard carbon.

Another issue is hard carbon and copper interlaced and layered.


I've gone to ever 100(ish) rounds just running Iosso. I send some oil patches through to remove loose foiling....then start working oiled Iosso patches...mostly focused in the first 6-12"...after a few patches I go back to oil patches and send a handful of them through. I'm usually going right back to shooting so I run a few patches of 91% alcohol out the bore too remove any remaining Iosso and all the oil.


Back to an actual clean bore. I don't like bringing anything back through the muzzle. Too easy for the brush or jag to catch the edge of the crown. To send an ample amount of brush strokes through to do the job, you're gunna be there a LONG time if you unscrew the brush every pass...not to mention you only get a small amount of use out of a brush...at a couple bucks a pop, that adds up in a hurry. Oversized brushes and reversing brushes in the bore kill them quick in my experience.


To each his own. Find what works for YOU and suits your shooting needs. I'm mostly a steel shooter. 100 rounds give or take gets me through a day. I know my bore...1-2 fowler is all I need...I send 3 to be sure.


Lots of ways to clean a bore...and certain guys have different needs. A bore scope was worth its weight in gold though. Saved me a lot of time and money. I've spent a good bit of money on bore cleaners in the past...I'll keep a bottle or 2 around for hunting rifles that only see a handful of shots a year or a quick cleaning or whatever. But my higher volume match rifle I know what needs done.


If you shoot high volume and don't clean hard carbon out, you'll be on here asking why you're seeing pressure signs out of nowhere and why you can't get your rifle to shoot....

Like was mentioned, get a bore scope. They are fairly inexpensive these days.


Pretty much anything will remove loose powder fouling that many believe is carbon.

Lots of good copper cleaners. Some work faster than others. Some have a blue indicator.


For hard carbon, which IMO is what actually is most important to remove, it requires mechanical means. That means 1 of 2 things....lots of brushing and BRUSHES. Or abrasives. Iosso, jb, etc.



After getting a bore scope I was absolutely beside myself. Pretty pricey chemicals and brushing wasn't doing hardly anything. Warm soaks after the range...long soaks with chemicals that are safe to do so...unless I changed brushes Pretty regularly and brushed a lot, it just wasn't removing the hard carbon.

Another issue is hard carbon and copper interlaced and layered.


I've gone to ever 100(ish) rounds just running Iosso. I send some oil patches through to remove loose foiling....then start working oiled Iosso patches...mostly focused in the first 6-12"...after a few patches I go back to oil patches and send a handful of them through. I'm usually going right back to shooting so I run a few patches of 91% alcohol out the bore too remove any remaining Iosso and all the oil.


Back to an actual clean bore. I don't like bringing anything back through the muzzle. Too easy for the brush or jag to catch the edge of the crown. To send an ample amount of brush strokes through to do the job, you're gunna be there a LONG time if you unscrew the brush every pass...not to mention you only get a small amount of use out of a brush...at a couple bucks a pop, that adds up in a hurry. Oversized brushes and reversing brushes in the bore kill them quick in my experience.


To each his own. Find what works for YOU and suits your shooting needs. I'm mostly a steel shooter. 100 rounds give or take gets me through a day. I know my bore...1-2 fowler is all I need...I send 3 to be sure.


Lots of ways to clean a bore...and certain guys have different needs. A bore scope was worth its weight in gold though. Saved me a lot of time and money. I've spent a good bit of money on bore cleaners in the past...I'll keep a bottle or 2 around for hunting rifles that only see a handful of shots a year or a quick cleaning or whatever. But my higher volume match rifle I know what needs done.


If you shoot high volume and don't clean hard carbon out, you'll be on here asking why you're seeing pressure signs out of nowhere and why you can't get your rifle to shoot....

Thanks very good information