Post by Junior on Jan 17, 2016 19:45:52 GMT -7
Thought I might share my gun barrel cleaning method. It works well for me.
I'll take a appropriate sized bore brush, and dip it in Hoppe's #9, and the brush the bore about 15 times or so. Take the brush and then clean it with acetone to keep the solvent from eating it. I'll then let the gun sit for 20 or 30 mins and then wipe the bore with a tight fitting dry patch. The first one will come out black and extremely dirty, but the second and third one will usually come back clean and dry. This works well for me with both lead and copper fouling.
I'll take a appropriate sized bore brush, and dip it in Hoppe's #9, and the brush the bore about 15 times or so. Take the brush and then clean it with acetone to keep the solvent from eating it. I'll then let the gun sit for 20 or 30 mins and then wipe the bore with a tight fitting dry patch. The first one will come out black and extremely dirty, but the second and third one will usually come back clean and dry. This works well for me with both lead and copper fouling.
) then 45-60 minutes later you can start cleaning. now with my 30-40 krag i had to completely remove all copper from the bore. it took me about 5 days(7-8 hours/day) to get it completely clean. i used gunslicks, shooters choice and sweets each time. it was gunslicks, shooters, sweets, gunslick, shooters, sweets, gunslicks.... and i followed their instructions. i hope i never do that again! cleaning out an old military rifle to shoot cast is NOT my cup of tea.