What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
06-08-2009, 08:52 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 63
What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
I have been using t-7 in my cva optima. And to clean the barrel i have been using a solvent. Just wondering what other guys have been using. I have heard of guys using windex but not sure about that.
06-09-2009, 01:41 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 107
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
I use soap and water. Windex works because it is mostly water. Most formulae that people put together work for the same reason -they are mostly water. Soap or some kind of detergent is helpful because it puts dirt into suspension in the fluid but for our purposes that is gravy. Water is the basic.
Pete
Pete
06-09-2009, 08:10 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Texas (Williamson Co.)
Posts: 128
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
I use hot, soapy water at the end of the day.
For range-swabs, I mix windshield-wiper fluid and rubbing alcohol 50/50 and keep it in a jar. (Ishoot T-7 too)
I got that last from someone on the forums and it works great for cleaning in between strings...
BP
For range-swabs, I mix windshield-wiper fluid and rubbing alcohol 50/50 and keep it in a jar. (Ishoot T-7 too)
I got that last from someone on the forums and it works great for cleaning in between strings...
BP
06-09-2009, 08:41 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
Triple Seven is one of them powders that the fouling can be removed with simple water. Now I use soap and water. BUT if you suspect any plastic or lead fouling, then you need to use a solvent.
06-09-2009, 10:32 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Texas (Williamson Co.)
Posts: 128
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
ORIGINAL: SWThomas
Wouldn't the soap leave residue (soap scum) in the barrel? Just wondering because I don't know.
Wouldn't the soap leave residue (soap scum) in the barrel? Just wondering because I don't know.
I used to finish-out cleaning with a bucket ofhot, clean tapwater, after the soap-scrub step, but not any more.
Now, I just dry the barrel out thoroughly in a warm oven and run a lightly oiled patch through the bore before reassembly.
Can't see that it causes any problems, but too, I don't use alot of soap in the bucket, just a squirt or two of dish soap.
That T-7 cleans up extremely easy compared to the Pyro that I used to shoot...
BP
06-09-2009, 10:37 AM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
Every one of my MLs get the same treatment. Hot soap & water scrubbing, followed by a hot clear water rinse.
Dried, swabbed with alcohol patch and dried again.
A patch or two of T-17, dried.
Then treated with bore butter.
The only difference is my Genesis gets treated with a quality gun oil instead of BB.
Some of the guys don't like BB - but I've never had any issues with rusting using it. The trick is to be sure you get the barrel good and hot and dry before applying it.
Dried, swabbed with alcohol patch and dried again.
A patch or two of T-17, dried.
Then treated with bore butter.
The only difference is my Genesis gets treated with a quality gun oil instead of BB.
Some of the guys don't like BB - but I've never had any issues with rusting using it. The trick is to be sure you get the barrel good and hot and dry before applying it.
06-09-2009, 01:36 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 228
RE: What does everyone use to clean there barrels?
I use Simple Green in hot water first. Stick the muzzle in the bucket and run a cleaning brush/swab up and down. Pulls the water up then pumps it out. I follow that with Clean HOT water, then dry and oil. Of course it helps if it is an in-line with the breach plug removed.