A recently purchased .223 Rem. 788 barrel was the most extensively fouled barrel ever viewed [by yours truly] using the trusty Hawkeye Bore-scope! The barrel appeared to have NEVER seen a cleaning-rod. So, just for kicks, the Lyman Bore-Cam was unboxed (compared to the Hawkeye and Teslong, image quality noticeably lacking) and rigged, accommodating a photographic sequence of how/if the cleaning products work as advertised.
Caveat: Since about Y2K, I have generally used Sharp Shoot R Precision products: ACCELERATOR; Wipe-Out foaming; Wipe-out Patch-Out; and/or (since introduced) Tactical Advantage. Going back to when Meril (Sp?) Martin introduce it, 99+% of the bullets I shoot are "moly-coated", and since 1988, none of my competition barrels have ever seen a brush - prior to the Wipe-Out, I used either Rem-Clean, or, JB on snug patch, in conjunction with either Marvel Mystery Oil, or, whatever solvent was handy. I am not suggesting that this will work for every situation - the Hawkeye has shown it to work with my method(s).
So, here are some Lyman Bore-Cam pics:
First, as initially purchased & viewed, beginning with the leade/throat. This is a six-groove barrel - two views seems sufficient.


now, mid barrel, to just behind muzzel.




The barrel was then subjected to several soakings with the combination of ACCELLERATOR/TACTICAL ADVANTAGE, which produced this [patch] progression - OOOOops only six pics allowed! RG
link to group testing < https://forum.accurateshooter.com/t...e-yet-another-barrel-cleaning-thread.4108395/ >
Caveat: Since about Y2K, I have generally used Sharp Shoot R Precision products: ACCELERATOR; Wipe-Out foaming; Wipe-out Patch-Out; and/or (since introduced) Tactical Advantage. Going back to when Meril (Sp?) Martin introduce it, 99+% of the bullets I shoot are "moly-coated", and since 1988, none of my competition barrels have ever seen a brush - prior to the Wipe-Out, I used either Rem-Clean, or, JB on snug patch, in conjunction with either Marvel Mystery Oil, or, whatever solvent was handy. I am not suggesting that this will work for every situation - the Hawkeye has shown it to work with my method(s).
So, here are some Lyman Bore-Cam pics:
First, as initially purchased & viewed, beginning with the leade/throat. This is a six-groove barrel - two views seems sufficient.


now, mid barrel, to just behind muzzel.




The barrel was then subjected to several soakings with the combination of ACCELLERATOR/TACTICAL ADVANTAGE, which produced this [patch] progression - OOOOops only six pics allowed! RG
link to group testing < https://forum.accurateshooter.com/t...e-yet-another-barrel-cleaning-thread.4108395/ >
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