Originally Posted by
sabotloader
Believe me, i am not the only person shooting T7 with very litte effect of the crud ring. It is IMO all in how you treat the bore and I am not sure I have any magic formula(s) it just works. Bore Coat say they have the the fix for it.
But in all honesty - i know a lot of folks battle the crud ring and I know I am fortunate and I am thankful for that.
I really believe it to be a chemical reaction of materials in the powder and in the bore. I even hate to say this on the open forum, but i first lost the crud ring when i settled on using BB in a hot bore many years ago that really reduced the harness of the ring. Then moving to synthetic oils further reduced it, such as Montana X-Tream BC, Slip 2000 or Eazox. The other thing that I think might help is the use of regular Windex with ammonia as a cleaner and patch swab at the range.
Also I wonder if elevation and humidity do not have something to do with it. But then I have been told about a group of guys in Pennsyvania that show no effects of the crud ring either so that blows my elevation theory....
I just do not know but again I am not the only one that is pretty much 'crud ring' free.
There might be something to the Bore Coat, but I think MD coats his barrels and gets the ring. I don't know what the answer is. I'll be honest and say i'd rather use T7 than BH. I not only get the crud ring, but it locks in my breech plug too. Even with lots of anti seize. With BH I don't even lube the BP and it come right out.
The Omega BP is so reliable with BH that it's hard not to use it. Other than price. It's hard for me to get away from BH 209 and Thors. I wish they were cheaper, or I was richer.
