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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: fliesitdies on August 11, 2022, 10:12:47 PM

Title: Barrel ?
Post by: fliesitdies on August 11, 2022, 10:12:47 PM: Just curious what do you use to clean out the copper.
Thanks in advance.
Fliesitdies
Title: Re: Barrel ?
Post by: jrebel on August 11, 2022, 10:14:51 PM: Sweets is my go to. I’m sure there are a lot of products now days that will work but that’s what has worked for me.
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on August 11, 2022, 10:30:09 PM: Most guys have moved to Boretech non-smell products. Eliminator cleans carbon and copper. I prefer their C4 for carbon then just a lite use of their copper remover. I like to leave some copper there but no carbon. Google Boretech Eliminator.

And throw out the nylon brushes just use brass.
Title: Re: Barrel ?
Post by: jasnt on August 12, 2022, 05:06:32 AM: I like sweets too. If it’s really bad I use gunslicks bore foam but ya gotta be careful with it. That stuff eats everything!
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Post by: BigGoonTuna on August 12, 2022, 08:31:53 AM: I don’t know if I do it wrong or all of my guns are “foulers” but I seem to spend half the day pushing patches through unless I use something like kg-12. The only thing that’s come close in effectiveness is Montana extreme 50bmg copper solvent, but man, one whiff of that stuff and I’ll be smelling ammonia for days.
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Post by: mazama on August 12, 2022, 01:45:20 PM: wipeout,put in leave it for a while,out comes thick blue snot.
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Post by: dmoua on August 12, 2022, 03:37:24 PM: I get the best results with JB bore paste. Gets everything out.
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Post by: callturner on August 12, 2022, 04:39:04 PM: I have used Lee Shavers barrel break in method and had very good results and very little copper or leading problems. Hope this link works. https://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/threads/lee-shaver%E2%80%99s-barrel-break-in.33040/
Title: Re: Barrel ?
Post by: Magnum_Willys on August 12, 2022, 06:14:22 PM: Quote from: dmoua on August 12, 2022, 03:37:24 PM
I get the best results with JB bore paste. Gets everything out.

Ooooh thats pretty ! How many rounds through it?
Title: Re: Barrel ?
Post by: dmoua on August 13, 2022, 11:43:11 AM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on August 12, 2022, 06:14:22 PM
Quote from: dmoua on August 12, 2022, 03:37:24 PM
I get the best results with JB bore paste. Gets everything out.

Ooooh thats pretty ! How many rounds through it?

I clean every 100 rounds. This barrel has around 450 rounds down the pipe.