Bore Butter
#1
Bore Butter
Someone told me that if i treat my guns barrel with bore butter when i clean the barrel it will help maintain the barrel as well as help make it a better shooting gun? I would think that it does help to maintain the barrel, but would it really help the gun shoot better?
#4
RE: Bore Butter
ORIGINAL: kpatte26
Someone told me that if i treat my guns barrel with bore butter when i clean the barrel it will help maintain the barrel as well as help make it a better shooting gun? I would think that it does help to maintain the barrel, but would it really help the gun shoot better?
Someone told me that if i treat my guns barrel with bore butter when i clean the barrel it will help maintain the barrel as well as help make it a better shooting gun? I would think that it does help to maintain the barrel, but would it really help the gun shoot better?
Clean the bore of your muzzleloader (or modern rifle if fired with corrosive ammo) with hot water, and preserve it after thorough drying with Birchwood-Casey SHEATH!!
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ludington michigan USA
Posts: 280
RE: Bore Butter
Bore butter does not displace moisture like a petroleum based product. If there is any moisture left in the barrel the bore butter will seal it against the steel. I think bore butter has a place in muzzle loading but not in centerfire weapons. When I used an inline muzzle loader I used bore butter on the bolt and bottom side of the scope. The fouling would wipe off any area coated with the bore butter.
#6
RE: Bore Butter
Bore butter encourages corrosion. Be sure if you use bore butter, it is before shooting to possibly help the projectile slide in the barrel easier, but never leave it in the barrel. As mentioned, it will seal moisture against the steel and eat the snot out of your metal. Ruined the breech end of a really nice Encore by not fully understanding the properties of bore butter. I'll never use it as a protectant.