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Pete112288:
So in my adventure into reloading and trying to get my gun and my dad's to shoot well, I discovered both were very neglected. Few patches here and there were the extent of cleaning. I didn't grow up with shooting and guns and my dad has learned most of it from what I have learned from trial and error. I remember both our guns shooting much better back when we got them but have struggled to get consistency. I just couldnt get them clean. Send a brush through for just a pass or two and the patch comes out nasty.
I tried some of Hoppes Benchrest copper remover and the first patches I sent through came out completely blue, telling me of a lot of copper.
I have used it a bit and on some online articles I have tried a little JB cleaning compound paste.
Now I run the Hoppes through, let sit a moment, and the patch still comes out with these trees of blue.
Do I just keep going? Is running this stuff through it too much bad for the barrel?
Any advice here is appreciated.
After I get them back up to spec I have absolutely no intent on ever letting it get this bad again, haha

Pete112288:
And after a pass with the brush, 1 oiled patch keeps coming out like this, despite the amount of cleaning and such is done.

Crunchy:
hard to beat JB compound paste for a good scrubbing

jrebel:
Chances are....your brush is dirty and leaving residue when brushing.  Thus, your first patch following the brush always being dirty. 

As for the copper fouling..... You will get ten different responses on which is the best copper remover and all 10 will be correct based on the individuals experience.   :chuckle: :chuckle:  Once you get your barrel cleaned, it is easy to maintain if you clean ever 50-100 rounds (again, you will get a lot of folks with different opinions on this). 

I clean my barrels every 50 to 100 round or as my groups start to open up.  I use Sweets 7.62 solvent.....I never let the solvent sit in the barrel for more than 20-30 minutes at a time.  I patch the barrel with a healthy dose of Sweets and let it set for approx 3-5 minutes.  I then dry patch it to see how bad it is (based on how blue the patch comes out).  I then will patch it again with sweets and run a nylon barrel brush back and forth in the barrel 10-20 times.  Follow that by another couple patches with smaller amounts of Sweets.  Usually at this time It is coming really clean.  I then follow with as many dry patches as I need to get all the Sweets out of the barrel.  If my rifle is going to set for a while I run a patch with WD-40 down the barrel a couple times followed by two dry patches.  I do this to make sure all the sweets is out of the barrel.  I try and foul my barrels before leaving in the save for long periods of time as I like to burn any residue out before storing.  It also prepares the rifle for the next hunt as I never hunt on a clean bore. 

Lots of ways to skin the cat..... 

Things I don't do...

I don't use bronze brushes. 
I don't let chemicals soak in my barrel for long periods of time. 
I don't change direction with the brush mid barrel. 

dreadi:
Ever try some Chore Boy to get a good scrape on the copper?


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