Comments on: Cleaning – The end of a great day of shooting!

By: matthew

matthew — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:50:42 +0000

boretech make a proof positive jag that will not report false positives – which is a good thing so you dont need to clean and clean an already clean barrel. I wrote an article on this on my blog http://www.matthewcanning.net do a search for boretech and you will find article – its worth a read.

By: Jeff Armstrong

Jeff Armstrong — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:36:27 +0000

This is a followup to my ealier post… I purchased some Eliminator from Sinclair and tried it on my ’50’s H&R M1 Garand.

It did an excellent job…better than Slip 2k (which is the best I’ve ever used until now). However, I haven’t tried eliminator on a shotgun yet. Plastic is a different animal…

Eliminator took out all the copper, and also most of the carbon build-up next to the lands. Great product (if the carbon and copper versions make Eliminator even easier, I’m not sure I can imagine anything that good…)

By: Chris Ross

Chris Ross — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:12:35 +0000

Re: the Tipton nickel jag, watch out! I tried the jag and the first time I pulled it back into the muzzle, after removing the patch, the jag caught on the crown! Inspection showed sharp edges on the barrels of the jag that I suspect would wear the crown if used continually. One could remove the jag before removing the cleaning rod or slightly bevel the edges as I did. I still carefully guide the jag back into the barrel and only use the jag to check final copper removal. (I am referring to sharp cut muzzle crowns on competition benchrest barrels.) I am amazed that a company would market a jag that could potentially degrade a barrel crown.

By: Jeff Armstrong

Jeff Armstrong — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:21 +0000

I’ve been using Slip 2000’s Carbon Killer for a couple years, which is also a non-toxic formula with no odor. However, I should try Eliminator to compare the performance.

With Slip2k, the carbon and any lead or plastic in shotgun barrels is gone VERY QUICKLY. For Copper, Slip will take a little out, but I’ve never found anything better than JB & Kroil…which also gets cuts the crud that builds up next to the lands.

I have two “unique” practices, (1) I check the bore cleanliness by sticking a q-tip in the muzzle, and the reflection off the white cotton allows a good view about an inch down into the muzzle to look for carbon & copper that a patch won’t detect. (2) I think the final oil put into the bore for storage is a lot more important than convention wisdom indicates… I think various powders foul more or less depending on which oil was used. For example, if I use Montana Xtreme with RL19 loads, the carbon fouling is horrific. However, if I use Slip2k Lub, the the fouling is reduced significantly.

Just my 2cents..

Thanks
Jeff

By: Frank Mead

Frank Mead — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:41:30 +0000

Bob Fates, it appears that you need some bore lapping. Try either a professional gunsmith or investigate Tubb’s Final Finish fire lapping treatment.

By: Rob Fates

Rob Fates — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:28:28 +0000

The barrel of my .223 target rifle seems to have sections that are more resistant to a patch being pushed through the bore than others. I’ve tried treating it with JB paste but it doesn’t help. I need to find a cleaning process that will completely eliminate any fouling, powder or copper and restore the smooth interior finish. Do you think the routine you have described will work?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:22:15 +0000

First I want to address the Brass Jags. I have been using the Tipton Ultra Jags which are nickel plated. With these you get absolutely no false traces of blue.

I’ve heard some good things about Bore-Tech elsewhere so I’ll probably give it a shot.

By: DAVID HEYWOOD

DAVID HEYWOOD — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:41 +0000

everybody ought to try WIPEOUT foam it easily removes carbon and copper, its brilliant, give it a try.

By: Jack Marquis

Jack Marquis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:11 +0000

Thanks for the info, will come in handy!!

By: George Liotta

George Liotta — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:06:49 +0000

I have been using Bore-Tech Eliminator for about a year now. I started using C4 carbon remover about two months ago and it is great stuff. I switched from Wipe-out, Patch-out and their Accelerator because I think B.T. Eliminator works faster. Especially now that they have C4 and when it is used before the Eliminator the Eliminator takes much less time. The only comment I have is im still waiting for some one to make a rod jag that is not brass, so bore solvent wont give the false blue reading on the patch from its reaction with the brass jag. I have talked to the Pro-Shot people about this also. I cannot believe no one has addressed this problem yet. I basically follow the same cleaning procedure that Rod does (common sense) but clean at the range before leaving for the day. I use a bullet coating WS2 (tungsten Disulphide) and IMHO Bore-Tech removes it from the inside of the barrel and prevents build-up in the throat which is also a plus in its favor. Centers