Copper cleaning

[JD338]

I use Sweets 7.62 and a brass brush for copper fouling.

JD338

 

[longrangehunter]

Do u guys clean until there's no copper in your rifling? I could do that all day and still get faint blue stripes on my patch and see copper in the rifling in the tip of my barrel.

I never cleaned this thoroughly until I started shooting all copper bullets.

It could be the brass jag you're using that leaves the blue on the patch. Look for a plastic one and see if it's white after pushing them through?

 

[longrangehunter]

I just ordered a 4oz bottle of Boretech Cu+2 Copper Remover to give it a try. I'm real interested in all the other products everyone mentioned too but one thing at a time I guess.

I've been using their products for a little over a year now and really love them! I've used almost everything out there at one time, i.e. Barnes CR-10 for their copper bullets, Sweets, Montana Extreme, JB Bore Bright and JB used with Kroil.

Most of my life I've used Shooter's Choice MC#7 and w/Kroil, but I no longer do since I've used Bore Tech Inc. Eliminator products. I still use the JB paste for heavy caked on powder in the throat after a Match if I feel it.

 

[bob_dobalina]

Do u guys clean until there's no copper in your rifling? I could do that all day and still get faint blue stripes on my patch and see copper in the rifling in the tip of my barrel.

I never cleaned this thoroughly until I started shooting all copper bullets.

It could be the brass jag you're using that leaves the blue on the patch. Look for a plastic one and see if it's white after pushing them through?

I use the silver jags that arent' made of brass, but my rod does have a brass end on it where the jag screws in, but I don't think the patch reaches this so I don't think that's giving a false positive. I can actually see the copper stripes in the rifling is why I believe the patch is still picking up copper.

 

[longrangehunter]

Bob,

Well if you're seeing the copper on the lands at the muzzle of the barrel then you still have plenty of copper fouling left in the barrel!

I think you'll really like the Bore Tech products. Try their Chameleon Gel, this stuff will tell you what's left in the barrel. White-clean, black-carbon, green-copper. It also is like JB bore paste that has a light abrasive to polish the bore.

 

[hogginlong]

+1 on the JB and Kroil for a deep clean. I don't use every time though,labor intensive.

 

[Biggs358]

I use Kroil to remove copper and lead deposits when cleaning my rifle barrels. I usually spray Kroil down the barrel and let it sit for 15 minutes or so before doing a normal cleaning. If I still see deposits after a few passes with a brush and patches, I add JB to patches soaked in Kroil on a jag and that usually does the trick.

 

[Dr. Vette]

I have compared the Gunslick foam to the Wipeout foam and the Wipeout wins every time.

I use the Gunslick, and often just let it sit overnight.
When I come down the next morning and run a patch through, blue liquid often comes out. I've been very impressed with it.

Having said that, I generally use the Boretech products, and the Gunslick is just for tougher jobs where I want to let it soak.