Cleaning the copper out!
#3
Banned
Joined: Dec 2010
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If I plan not to shoot the gun for a long while, I will clean it out.
But if I am actively working up a load or working on a rifle, or its hunting season, I will just clean out the powder and oil it.
Copper oxidizes faster than steel and leaving it in for years and years, can cause pitting.
I get hot on working on a gun and then put it away and might not pick it up for a year or more. Or forget.
But if I am actively working up a load or working on a rifle, or its hunting season, I will just clean out the powder and oil it.
Copper oxidizes faster than steel and leaving it in for years and years, can cause pitting.
I get hot on working on a gun and then put it away and might not pick it up for a year or more. Or forget.
#4
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,284
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From: west central wi USA
Pretty much every time I shoot jacketed bullets, I clean the copper out. I will leave the bore dirty over deer season so I don't have to worry about the first shot from a clean barrel going elsewhere.



