Hi All, new to the site from Maine. I thought I had a copper fouling issue with a couple of rifles. Yesterday after returning from the range and cleaning and cleaning and clea....I thought hold on here this just can't be. Everytime I put the bore brush thru the barrel then patched it, it came out blue. I then used solvent and dry patches untill all was nice & white. Run the brush thru again(4-5 passes) followed by a patch which came out blue again. I had only shot 10 rounds and the barrel was thoroughly cleaned prior to the range trip. This rifle was used but appeared as not much. I've seen the same thing on brand new rifles. I dipped my brush into the solvent( Butches Bore Shine) several times and brushed it out then again and wrapped in in a clean patch... all blue. So it appears like the solvent is acting with the phos./bronze brush creating the blue stain. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Guy Miner
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Try a nylon brush.
Oh, and WELCOME ABOARD!
Oh, and WELCOME ABOARD!
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Welcome to the forum,
Use a nylon brush and you will be fine.
JD338
Use a nylon brush and you will be fine.
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DrMike
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otter25,
I'll add my welcome to the forum; it's good to have you aboard. Any quality nylon brush will serve you well. The solvent does most of the work; the brush is simply a vehicle to ensure even distribution of the solvent.
I'll add my welcome to the forum; it's good to have you aboard. Any quality nylon brush will serve you well. The solvent does most of the work; the brush is simply a vehicle to ensure even distribution of the solvent.
big rifle man
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Otter, welcome to the forum. Where in Maine do you hail from? I'm very familiar with most of the state, Having hunted there for the past 50 years. Love the country.
Wincheringen
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BK":3k0onrmv said:
Same here, foam only then a few dry patches and one with a light oil on it to finish up. No stink and no mess.
G
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+2 on no brushes on my rifles. I occasionally get a rifle from a friend for my "revitalization treatment" (did you guys know I run a spa for underprivileged rifles?) and I will use a brush to loosen some of the heavy debris in these, from time to time. But for my own rifles, I don't allow that kind of grit and grime to accumulate. I just use patches over a nickel plated jag and BoreTech Eliminator. I follow that with Birchwood-Casey Barricade to protect the bore, and then patch that once with a dry patch to keep from having an accumulation of oil in the bore. Works pretty well, for my use. It's easy, too.
G
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There's no money in it, BK. I just do it for the satisfaction of knowing I helped some poor, unappreciated or abused rifle find its inner beauty and meaning in life again.
That was exactly what I was thinking!
A former buddy had a Mauser in '06 that I wish I could have worked on a little longer. As it was, I worked on it for about two hours, with Barnes CR10, Hoppe's BR, and probably two or three other pretty strong copper solvents, mixed in with rounds of regular Hoppe's and Gun Scrubber (just to flush out the gunk) and was still getting a lot of blue out of it.
A former buddy had a Mauser in '06 that I wish I could have worked on a little longer. As it was, I worked on it for about two hours, with Barnes CR10, Hoppe's BR, and probably two or three other pretty strong copper solvents, mixed in with rounds of regular Hoppe's and Gun Scrubber (just to flush out the gunk) and was still getting a lot of blue out of it.
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