Technical gun cleaning discussion

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[Veredasko]

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[Zeneffect]

nothing changed on my end, im still go clean before a match. I have continued to inquire and pick up on what others are doing to accelerate their cleaning process and 1 thing stands out as a common "ingredient" which is elbow grease. The choices are, work hard and get it done fast, or let things soak and take a while. not much middle ground, just pick your poison (they pretty much all work) and clean it until you are happy with the result.

[Bonas]

I run one patch wetted with CLP, wait a few mintutes, then run a dry patch after every shooting session. This is for corrosion prevention, not cleaning. When the gun stops shooting like it should, I remove copper and carbon. I figured out it only takes about five shots to close groups back up after cleaning, so I just clear copper and carbon in one shot. My good barrels usually get cleaned about every 500 rounds. Some barrels, I've never cleaned. I've got one I need to clean now that probably has 2,000 rounds down it. It's never been cleaned before.

[Harpoon1]

[LRRPF52]

Biggest thing for 6.5 Grendel if you shoot the Wolf Steel case, then want to switch to brass case, is to clean the chamber with a 6.5 Grendel Chamber brush

[TedBrewer5]

[lazyengineer]

It is my suspicioun that PSA BBL's require a break-in of several hundred rounds. Preferably the more abraisive the better - like Wolf Steel. Could be other factors as well, but it seems like PSA barrels just need more firing and cleaning to tighten up.

[TedBrewer5]

[DIANEB]

Barrel after a good cleaning...
I go after carbon first with KG 1 carbon remover I let it sit in the barrel for about 15 minutes, then I run a nylon through it about 10 to 15 times, dry patch it until black is gone...
Next I go after copper fouling with Bore Tech Cu+2 copper remover, I follow the direction...
Every 200 rounds I Iosso bore cleaner following the directions followed by any bore solvent and then a bunch of dry patches until they completely white...
I only use nylon brushes for each step...

[Lemonaid]

The Hornady podcasts are a pretty good resource. #103 is about when or weather to clean your barrel. A couple of take aways for me is to have a batch of reference ammo, and that the volume of your barrel will decrease as the fouling increases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOM0...Qby0&index=107