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Mid hunting season wipe down question
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1520326" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I would not recommend your procedure for two reasons. </p><p>First = Graphite is Hygroscopic and collects moisture and retains it from the air. clean and dry is best as long as it is not subject to any moisture. </p><p></p><p>Second = brake cleaners can have chlorides in it that can harm certain metals and cause stress corrosion cracking in some stainless also.</p><p></p><p>Cleaning solvent are designed for barrels and would be my recommendations in Lew of substitutes. </p><p></p><p>If conditions are good, IMO it is ok to leave a barrel alone except for dry patching after each use to remove powder residue that could/would collect moisture. A dry bore snake works well in the field for this. Dry patching after each shot does not change the point of impact, but it does remove the carbon that Is abrasive when the bullet pushes it down the barrel </p><p></p><p>Just saying</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1520326, member: 2736"] I would not recommend your procedure for two reasons. First = Graphite is Hygroscopic and collects moisture and retains it from the air. clean and dry is best as long as it is not subject to any moisture. Second = brake cleaners can have chlorides in it that can harm certain metals and cause stress corrosion cracking in some stainless also. Cleaning solvent are designed for barrels and would be my recommendations in Lew of substitutes. If conditions are good, IMO it is ok to leave a barrel alone except for dry patching after each use to remove powder residue that could/would collect moisture. A dry bore snake works well in the field for this. Dry patching after each shot does not change the point of impact, but it does remove the carbon that Is abrasive when the bullet pushes it down the barrel Just saying J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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