Rifle Cleaning Procedure & Products?

[Lazy D]

You really need your rifle to tell you what it likes. See how it shoots after 5, 10, 20, or 50 rounds.Ive seen rifles that'll shoot an ugly minute till it had 20 rounds down it. After 20 rounds, It would then tighten up and shoot 1/2 MOA for about a 200 rounds. When accuracy started to open up then we would strip out the copper with Wipe Out bore foam. Then foul it again and rock on. We'd use CLP after each range day, to remove carbon. Other guns may be most accurate clean and cold. Listen to your rifle, it'll let ya know.

 

[Brydawg512]

Can anyone speak to using a bronze brush with Boretech eliminator instead of a nylon brush?

Will this just cause a false positive when running patches back through? I'm wanting a thorough clean and have read nylon brushes may not be quite aggressive enough to actually work well on the barrel.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

If you have copper that won't come clean with adequate time, BoreTech and nylon, use a bronze brush. It gives blue to the patch for sure, but so does the copper you loosen up.

Cleaning without a bore scope is guessing at best, unless you have a lot of experience with the same barrel and load.

 

[Hardshot]

Can anyone speak to using a bronze brush with Boretech eliminator instead of a nylon brush?

Will this just cause a false positive when running patches back through? I'm wanting a thorough clean and have read nylon brushes may not be quite aggressive enough to actually work well on the barrel.

Bronze brushes are all I use on benchrest quality barrels with bore tec. Use aluminum jags to push patches that way there is know transfer. The barrel will come clean if done properly

 

[VinceMule]

Cleaning without a bore scope is guessing at best, unless you have a lot of experience with the same barrel and load.

Amen!

Op, please consider the purchase of a Teslong Bore scope as one of your Priority purchases.