Bore conditioning solution

OldMan · Apr 4, 2011

I have read some about a solution that you mop your bore with, then shoot to heat cure and it makes the bore easy to clean. Anyone use this and does it work? There are just too many fantastic claims out there to tell snake oil from a miracle cure!

SJB358 · Apr 4, 2011

I have used this before on work guns as it is supposed to "season" all metal surfaces. Not really sure how much it helped, but it did allow the carbon to fall off the bolt on the M4's without really having to chip it off.

http://www.militec1.com/

C.Smith · Apr 4, 2011

Its called Ultra Coating Inc. www.ultracoatingsinc.com. John Barness wrote an article about it in January 2010 issue of Guns magzine and looks very interesting. I coats the bore with small particles of ceramic that once dry you fire 5 quick shots through the barrel and it impregnates the particles into the tiny imperfections of the bore smoothing it out. He states it has reduced copper fouling in eight rifles he has tried it in by 90 percent.

beretzs, you posted a link to miltec 1 oil, is that what you were talking about? It is good stuff by I still have had to scrape carbon and built up unburnt powder off my M4 bolts. How were you aplying it? I wonder if I was doing something wrong with it. Also how did it work in the sandy environment?

Corey

SJB358 · Apr 4, 2011

Corey, we coated the bolts and other sliding surfaces and then used a heat shrink gun to heat the metal parts. It worked okay. Did the same to the bores. It did assist with not having to have extra lube on the guns while in Afghanistan. With any exposed lube, the fine sand cakes heavily to machine gun parts and renders them useless, especially in a mobile environment. The Miltec worked, for us, but again, I don't use it on my own stuff. No real reason, other than I don't hunt in that kind of environment and my bolts guns don't need that kind of treatment.

The ceramic coating looks promising, I would like to hear how it works for some of you all. Scotty