Flitz for chamber neck and just forward?

[BoydAllen]

First of all, I am well aware that the original Flitz that comes in a tube is a polish, and that polishing ones bore will eventually cause irreparable copper fouling issues, but hear me out. What if one used it exclusively for the end of the chamber neck and just in front in the freebore? This would be an insert and twist situation, followed by thorough cleaning. I have heard that it cuts hard carbon pretty well, but have no experience with that. I just got a tube to try some sizing die polishing, to see what effect it has on the effort required to size cases.

 

[jelenko]

Boyd,
I tried it [the metal polish, not the bore cleaner] a bit for bore cleaning.
My experience was it was less effective than Flitz's bore cleaner.

 

[powderbrake]

I use JB Bore Paste to get that carbon ring out. Try a bronze brush that is a caliber that fits in the chamber neck, add some paste and revolve the brush to get the carbon out. Don't go crazy and use a drill, and spin the heck out of it, you will grind away the edge of the lands.

 

[TRSR8]

I use JB Bore Paste to get that carbon ring out. Try a bronze brush that is a caliber that fits in the chamber neck, add some paste and revolve the brush to get the carbon out. Don't go crazy and use a drill, and spin the heck out of it, you will grind away the edge of the lands.

Frank Green, FWIW, has posted that he suggests never to use JB/ bronze brush combo in their barrels.
C4 does it without abrasion Just fine.

 

[shoot4fun]

First of all, I am well aware that the original Flitz that comes in a tube is a polish, and that polishing ones bore will eventually cause irreparable copper fouling issues, but hear me out. What if one used it exclusively for the end of the chamber neck and just in front in the freebore? This would be an insert and twist situation, followed by thorough cleaning. I have heard that it cuts hard carbon pretty well, but have no experience with that. I just got a tube to try some sizing die polishing, to see what effect it has on the effort required to size cases.

I have used a tiny amount of IOSSO Gun Brite a couple times for really stubborn carbon rings.
I saw no accuracy degradation and it actually seemed to help keep carbon ring down for a bit longer.
In fact, I had one 6 Creedmoor barrel that I was ready to replace. It's exceptional accuracy had faded.
I decided one day I had nothing to lose and experimented. After a soak and clean with BT Eliminator and a long session of IOOSO cleaner it still showed some pretty extreme signs of old age. That's when the Gun Brite came out and, instead of just a little work at the throat, I scrubbed the entire bore to a brighter than new finish. Did I help it, hurt it or make no difference? The answer was all positive. I shot it another 400 rounds that season and it won or finished top three in every match(steel to 1000).
So, I'm not advocating for others to treat barrels this way. Just saying when you have nothing to lose you may need to "experiment".

 

[Fuj]

Boyd......For years I was using a tight bore mop soaked in Ed's Red
then left in that junction from a few hours,to over night. The past
2 years, I replace the Ed's with "Piston Kleen, a citrus solvent meant
for baked on carbon. Same deal.....Soaked bore mop and leave it sit.

 

[boltman13]

Flitx Bore Cleaner on a stiff Bore Tec nylon brush turned slowly with a battery variable speed drill on a short piece of cleaning rod thru a good bore guide has worked for me. That said prevention is a lot easier with Bore Tec Eleminator or C-4.

 

[JBT47]

Use the Flitz Bore Cleaner. Not the polish that come in a tube. If it were me I’d use Iosso on a blue Iosso brush…for both efficacy and for lower risk of over-polishing.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

I have been using Autosol Metal "polish" on VFG pellets for years in my rifles