Recommended decoppering on 220 Swift...

[#40Fan]

every 300 rounds or so?

 

[WyleWD]

How is accuracy compare to the last time it had the copper cleaned out of it??

I clean the copper and carbon every 50-70 rounds whether it needs it or not. WD

 

[#40Fan]

It was still minute of prairie dog out to 250 yards.

 

[snert]

USP paste and some butches Bore shine. (start with wipe out or patch out, let it soak an hour or two then patch it out till dry. then follow with a tight patch of Butches/USP on the same patch, short stroke for five minutes but do not go out the muzzle till last stroke. Swab with butches several times, dry and then repeat. See what happens.??

 

[#40Fan]

Wipe out foam got it all (95%+) out in a couple of applications over a 4 hour period. That is some good stuff.

 

[V509]

Reminds me of a wssm I bought from a jackal in NE. Thing was so loaded with copper bullets tumbled before 50 yards. I spent time cleaning it and finally sent it back. Let him clean it out and keep it

 

[powderbrake]

I highly recommend BoreTech Copper Remover. It works great, just came back from a praiire dog shoot, and got all the copper out with just patches and nylon brushes.
JB bore paste will also remove it.

 

[Webster]

every 300 rounds or so?

Sweets bore cleaner has so much ammonia it will gage you. Nothing is better than ammonia for breaking down copper. Never had a copper problem. Do you have a rough finish on the bore, hot loads?

 

[K22]

+1 on Bore Tec Cooper Remover. Use their carbon remover with a bronze brush first, dry patch then use the Cooper Remover with a nylon brush.

 

[cmillard]

Pre soak with some sweets, then with another patch, saturate with hydrogen peroxide and push ever so slowly down bore. Fizz will come out just before patch, and the patch will have thin strips of copper on it

 

[#40Fan]

Sweets bore cleaner has so much ammonia it will gage you. Nothing is better than ammonia for breaking down copper. Never had a copper problem. Do you have a rough finish on the bore, hot loads?

Barrel is pretty smooth other than the normal tooling marks I have seen on every barrel. Not really hot rounds. 50 grain Blitzking at 3700 fps. Now, did the barrel get hot? I am sure it did. That picture was taken right at the end of the barrel. It was for sure the worst part of it all.

I ended up using the foaming Wipe Out after cleaning the carbon with a brush. Two applications over a 4 hour period and it came clean.

 

[NorCalMikie]

It was still minute of prairie dog out to 250 yards.

Don't fix it if it ain't broke. I know guys that run a patch soaked with Lock-Ease down the barrel. Keeps the copper from sticking to the barrel. You CAN get it too clean so keep that in mind.

 

[mongo chicago]

Tried all the others mentioned and then some. The best FOR ME was KG-12. It is what I use for copper. Also, and many will poo poo this, don't rely on the patches changing color to indicate whether or not the copper is cleaned out. I had a completely clean barrel - so I thought. Patches came out with no color. Then I got a bore scope and rechecked the barrel. TONS OF COPPER!!! I just couldn't get it out. Then I got KG-12 - problem solved.

 

[AckleymanII]

Heavy copper removal, military barrels, savage barrels, other factory barrels:

5 patches saturated on 5 patches, tight punch type jag
Jb on a plastic brush
Jb on bronze bristle brush
Montana Extreme copper cream on Isso or Montana Extreme plastic brush

Montana Extreme copper cream is very easy to use, and very effective. I think that it is aluminum oxide suspended in oil

Montana Extreme Copper killer is a very strong ammonia product that gets out a LOT of Copper right now, no screwing around, best on a wool mop.

I did a lot of testing on Remington factory 7 mag barrels after having 30+ rounds of 140's at 3200fps being shot down the barrel. You will find out in a hurry what is good and no good, verifying with a bore scope.

If you leave the lid off a container of what ever you are using, chances are the chemical composition will change.

KG12 was ok for me, hard to get it to soak in a patch. I don't know how brushing with Kg12 would work. I have a large container of KG12 now.

It takes a lot to impress me on bore cleaners, JB, Montana Extreme's products Copper Cream, Bore solvent, and Copper Killer are all impressive...especially the non smelling Copper Cream.

When I was in the P. dog wars, we shot a lot of rounds on a barrel in between cleanings. After a long day's shooting, you really are not in the mood to spend a lot of time cleaning filthy gun barrels, you need to get them done right now. JB on a brush is the answer, change brushes often. We kept Hart barrels on order all the time.

P. dog shooters, ground squirrel shooters are in a class by themselves in terms of what is demanded of them in cleaning their rifles.

Judging your bore on "clean patches" is a piss poor way to judge how clean your barrel is or how effective your cleaner/brushes are working, treat yourself to a bore scope. First generation Lymans are now $175 from Brownell's, good investment in protecting your guns.

 

[#40Fan]

First generation Lymans are now $175 from Brownell's, good investment in protecting your guns.

And FREE shipping, plus $10 off if you use the code NAP. Damn you....

 

[swd]

Be sure to use something to get at the carbon fouling. It's easy to get the copper out and think your done when there's actually a layer of carbon covering the next layer of copper, and so on and so on.