Pre-cleaning st st barrel on new savage 12

[Yodaman]

Just received my new Model 12 LRPV in 6br Norma. Ran a scope thru the barrel. Question. What’s the best way to clean the geck out of it prior to shooting it? Looks like quite a bit of machining residue. Not really sure.

 

[Eagle Six]

If it were me I would start and end with a rod, brush, solvent, jag, patches and shoot the rest out.

 

[dryhumor]

Dry bronze brush 10-15 strokes from bore to muzzle, alcohol patch, repeat. When the patch comes out clean go shoot. Seems to work.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Not saying your wrong but everything I have ever read or heard is always solvent on a brush. I guess my question is why dry. Myself a lightly stroke the the throat 4 or 5 times with Iosso after wetting it solvent, then cleaning it all out.

 

[Yodaman]

Not saying your wrong but everything I have ever read or heard is always solvent on a brush. I guess my question is why dry. Myself a lightly stroke the the throat 4 or 5 times with Iosso after wetting it solvent, then cleaning it all out.

Thanks for all the info. Is there anything that I should avoid with the st steel barrel? Certain solvents,etc. And new here as well. Really enjoy and appreciate the feedback.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Use the solvent of your choice. I use Hoppes mixed with Kroil, Iosso, and Sweets for most of my cleaning. A million threads on here sbout cleaning. Use the search function.

 

[tmwinds]

Just received my new Model 12 LRPV in 6br Norma. Ran a scope thru the barrel. Question. What’s the best way to clean the geck out of it prior to shooting it? Looks like quite a bit of machining residue. Not really sure.

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I thought all new factory rifles were fired with a proof load. If that’s the case I suspect what you see is powder residue, not machining residue. A couple of wet patches followed by dry patches should clean it up.
If you see railroad tracks in the rifling that means it’s a Savage. Most shoot very well.

 

[rsbhunter]

I would go with bore cleaner like bore tec carbon and then the copper cleaner. No reason to get super aggressive on a new barrel. tmwinds has it right, they are normally test fired, so it "should" be fouling. If it develops heavy carbon fouling, then it might be time for Kroil and JB BLUE label..rsbhunter

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I thought all new factory rifles were fired with a proof load. If that’s the case I suspect what you see is powder residue, not machining residue. A couple of wet patches followed by dry patches should clean it up.
If you see railroad tracks in the rifling that means it’s a Savage. Most shoot very well.

Some of them have grease/oil in the barrel to that I suspect must be some sort of long term storage rust preventor, I have a CZ that came with something in the barrel that resembled a kindergarteners snot mixed with tar

 

[Kracken McGraw]

On something like this I have pointed the barrel down and blasted it out with a product like Gun Scrubber aerosol. It will get a lot of crud out before you hit it with your good rods.

 

[Old Navy]

Both my Model 12s were fired. Minimal cleaning was all I did.

 

[Yodaman]

Thanks for all the info. Is there anything that I should avoid with the st steel barrel? Certain solvents,etc. And new here as well. Really enjoy and appreciate the feedback.

Thanks guys for all the info. I got the gun clean and went to the range. First I want somebody to tell me if this is what the inside of the chamber on a 6mm br lrpv should look like?

 

[Yodaman]

If you look closely in the bottom right corner you can see the largest of them. A burr sticking up which is grabbing the case when ejecting. Can I get an unbiased opinion of this

 

[rsbhunter]

It would concern me....I would try either a bronze brush or maybe take a 1/2" dowel 12" long, cut a narrow slot on one end. Fold a piece of 320 grit wet/ dry in half long ways, insert in slit and turn by hand....or the right answer, call Savage or your local? gunsmith....sorry to see that on a new rifle....rsbhunter