ORIGINAL: elgallo114
ORIGINAL: missed_another
maybe it's just me but i think you are going overboard on your cleaning. how do you determine when it's time to clean the barrel. most guns seem to shoot a little better with a slightly fouled barrel. i let the gun tell me when time to clean. if it is shooting good just give a normal cleaning thats all it needs.
I agree. In fact, a day or two before I go hunting, I go to the range and foul my barrel to prepare it. I never store my rifles. I shoot them all at least once a month with a normal cleaning afterward. When I shoot at the range, I don't even look where the first 4 or 5 rounds go. After I foul the barrel, then I mark my shots. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't there such a thing as over cleaning?
Ok, guys somewhere or another I miscommunicated what I was saying or asking. This is probably the only gun that I ever was inconsistent on.All the rest are totally cleaned every time.I respectfully disagree about overcleaning. Copper by itself has a chemical reaction, that turns green with air I believe, thats bad. Your gun may shoot fouled, and so does mine, but I don't believe its ever a good idea to leave the copper in the barrel for extended period. Overcleaning does not pit a barrel, sorry. It can scratch a barrel, it can put undue wear on a barrel, but not pit a barrel.
My question for guys who work in the gun field is, do you believe that either the copper breaking down (chemical reaction with air), or the carbon by products that I left in the barrel letting them layer over each other did the pitting? Or wipe out thinking I got out all the copper do the pitting? Or maybe didn't get out all the JB's on a session? Changing Solvents? Looking for someone who might have seen this.
For the reason that sweets and CR10 has water in it, I was thinking of chanign over to Montana Xtreme creme. Anyone ever try it.