Well the foam cleaner I bought for my triumph did not get all the little plastic crap out and since I was using it on my glock and 10/22 it is gone. Is it ok to use it on a smokeless centerfire gun?
What cleaner do you guys recommend to get it good and clean?
ALso since muzzy season is over it is time to put it up till it warms up and I can shoot in without 5 layers on how would you recommend I clean and store it? Should I just treat it like a rifle clean and oil everything and stick it in the safe? Maybe a shot primer to help keep moisture out.
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On My ACCURA's barrel all I need to do is run a windex patch through it and the barrel comes clean, no need for a brush. I have used the same foaming bore cleaner with excellant results. Have you tried a nylon or brass brush to clean the barrel? getting the plastic out should'nt be a problem at all.
No need to pop a cat for storage after the ML is clean there should'nt be any moisture in it, popping a cap defeats the pourpose of just cleaning it and will cause more harm than good with the carbon left in the breech and muzzle. Clean the barrel with soap and water and a brush followed by windex patches or the equivilant, then smoe clean patches then some oiled patches. Then spray oil in the moving parts and wipe everything else down with a light oil and cover the muzzle and store.
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If there is plastic in the barrel, then you need to get a good nylon or brass brush and some solvent. I use Montana X-treme Cowboy Solvent. Another solvent that works good is Birchwood Casey Bore Cleaner. Some people take the barrel off the stock and use brake cleaner. Be sure and do the brake cleaner outside.
After you apply a good wet patch of the solvent, I like to dip the brush in the solvent and then push through the barrel and then pull back up. Don't work your brush in short strokes.
After brushing, run a couple more solvent patches through. Then check the barrel. You plastic should be gone. Now dry patch the solvent out of the barrel and then since you are going to store the rifle... saturate a patch with a good gun oil. Swab the bore in short strokes until the bore is well covered.
Be sure to wipe down ALL parts and put them back in the rifle. There is no reason to pop a 209 through it. Let the oil sit in it. Wipe the outside of the barrel off and put the gun back together.
When you bring it out next, alcohol patches working over the rifle will remove the oil. Then you can pop some primers to blow the oil out of the breech plug.
Also I like to check my rifles every three months when they are stored to make sure they are ok...
And I bundle up and shoot when it is cold too. I hunt in the cold. I shoot in the cold. A good brisk day is a great time to shoot the rifle.
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I have tried that foaming stuff, mine was CVA foaming cleaner and I hate it! Anyway, usually after a shooting I use a wire brush down the barrel to break stuff up, then run patches through with Hoppe's Blackpowder solvent, then dry patches, then Remoil if the gun is going to sit awhile...but if I am going to hunt the next day, I end the routine with dry patches. That is my barrel cleaning routine.
I use Blue Wonder Gel cleaner,does a great job.
Also, sometimes what I do is use a combo of cleaners.
Start with one say Blue Wonder and finish with Butch's Bore Shine or Hoppe's No. 9.
Different cleaners seem to really attack the crud & plastic.
Bronze brushes work the best for me for the stubborn stuff.
I have tried that foaming stuff, mine was CVA foaming cleaner and I hate it! Anyway, usually after a shooting I use a wire brush down the barrel to break stuff up, then run patches through with Hoppe's Blackpowder solvent, then dry patches, then Remoil if the gun is going to sit awhile...but if I am going to hunt the next day, I end the routine with dry patches. That is my barrel cleaning routine.
I use about anything to clean my ML. I'll use hot soapy water for my breech plug. #13 bore cleaner, windshield washer fluid and rubbing alcohol mixed, rusty duck, or T7 bore cleaner for my bore and the threads for my breech plug. I use both sides of my patches--wet and dry til it's clean. Sometimes my last wet patch is plain 50-91% isopropyl alcohol, then a couple dry passes. Grease your breech plug threads and re-install it, then use regular gun oil (I use rem-oil) to lubricate your bore and all metal surfaces. Some guys don't even store the breech plug in the gun, they'll leave the action open and drop the Bplug in engine oil.
Only things you have to remember--clean it good, then oil/grease it and it should be fine.
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Depends on the powder, for Pyrodex I scrub with boiling water and Blue Barrel when I get home and clean in the field with 50/50 mix of windshield washer and alcohol do the same for 777 for Blackhorn I almost never clean in the field don't need to, when I get home a 50/50 mix of Hoppes #9 and alcohol cleans in a couple passes even after 50 shots. I always oil after cleaning with either Montana bore protectant or Birchwood Casey Synthetic oil. If you clean a gun oil it; the solvents will cause rust as fast as the corrosive powders. Lee
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