RE: bore cleaning
One of myRemington 700s in .30-06 used to be a heavy fouler. Had a lot of troublecleaning that barrel when thegun was new. FinallyI cleanedit every day for aboutfive days with a bronze brush and Hoppes Bench Rest. Finally got all the fouling out. Now I use a brush and Bench Rest andgive the barrel a real good scrubbing after each 100 rounds. No more problem.