Dont hunt with a clean rifles

[VinceMule]

I live in the South, we know what will rust a gun.

 

[xsn10s]

I was stationed in the South. Ft Stewart so in the swamps. So I know what rusts firearms also. Lack of oil or lube in humid climates is asking for rust. WD40 isn't a lubricant, it's a penetrating oil and also displaces water. It doesn't cause rust but if you don't oil after using it then you're asking for rust.

 

[CBH Australia]

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[DoneNOut]

I tried a dry lube to coat a bore after cleaning to bare metal. Hornady One Shot gun lube (Not Case Lube) I didn't dry patch since it was a dry lube. The first 10 shots of the next range session were all over the paper! So, don't do this!

 

[Boss Hoss]

Interesting - I've never seen this happen.

Oh yes! If you had a bore scope you would have an eye-opening experience as the moisture can get under the fouling and copper and cause metal corosion.....

 

[Boss Hoss]

Pretty much as far as the all knowing internet says.

It is not just the internet. The product was not designed for corrosion prevention or lubrication. Some folks still use it for that even if it is not very effective. This on the other hand works VERY well...

Corrosion Inhibitors for Metal | WD-40 Corrosion Inhibitor | WD-40

The WD-40 Specialist Long-Term Corrosion Inhibitor protect metal parts from rust and corrosion for up to one year or two years indoors. Employ preventative maintenance with corrosion inhibitors for steel, metal, tools, engines and other parts.

www.wd40.com

 

[Raingull]

The first thing down your clean barrel is a high pressure dusting of carbon with vaporized copper suspended in the mix. Then your bullet runs the carbon heavy mixture over (what little amount sticks to the bore and isn't blasted out) and presses it into your barrel and coats it with a fine layer of copper. Each subsequent shot does the same thing with minor stripping of the copper as well as new deposition.

If that were not true you couldn't foul a bore to stability. After a few shots the amount deposited and the amount removed reach an equilibrium that may hold for hundreds of rounds before enough structure is formed to allow more build up than removal, at which point pressures spike (above the normal fouled bore increase over clean bore pressures) (according to at least one barrel maker) and accuracy degrades.

So you either keep carbon/copper blasting/plowing a clean bore or you keep carbon/copper blast/plowing a dirty one. Not sure which is harder on a bore, but figure either is acceptable considering barrel life.

Pressure is the one factor that I feel is most important. I suspect if you cleaned after every round, you could get more velocity out of a given barrel at the same pressure or less pressure with the same load. That might be worth the trade off depending on your circumstances.

 

[Boss Hoss]

The first thing down your clean barrel is a high pressure dusting of carbon with vaporized copper suspended in the mix. Then your bullet runs the carbon heavy mixture over (what little amount sticks to the bore and isn't blasted out) and presses it into your barrel and coats it with a fine layer of copper. Each subsequent shot does the same thing with minor stripping of the copper as well as new deposition.

If that were not true you couldn't foul a bore to stability. After a few shots the amount deposited and the amount removed reach an equilibrium that may hold for hundreds of rounds before enough structure is formed to allow more build up than removal, at which point pressures spike (above the normal fouled bore increase over clean bore pressures) (according to at least one barrel maker) and accuracy degrades.

So you either keep carbon/copper blasting/plowing a clean bore or you keep carbon/copper blast/plowing a dirty one. Not sure which is harder on a bore, but figure either is acceptable considering barrel life.

Pressure is the one factor that I feel is most important. I suspect if you cleaned after every round, you could get more velocity out of a given barrel at the same pressure or less pressure with the same load. That might be worth the trade off depending on your circumstances.

Well I can say this.... I would love to compete against you. This is where experience and a bore scope (also knowing what you are looking at is a must) trump reading the rags or anything else.

I think you have missed the point completely. Do not feel bad a lot of people are in the same boat.