I have a rem. 700 bdl chambered in 300 rum with severe copper fouling issues. I can fire 10-15 rounds at the range and spend 3+ hours trying to get all the copper out. I've used sweets, cr-10, butches, and jb. They all seem to work well but the copper just continues to keep coming. I've talked to other people with the same gun and none of them seem to have neer the problem I do. I can't really afford to rebarrel the gun anytime soon so I was wondering if there was anything I could do to the barrel to help reduce the fouling a little. Any help would be awsome.
is there anything i can do?
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longwinters
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Seems like that David Tubbs guy came out with some type of bore system to smooth out things. Cannot remember the exact name. But you buy his bullets etc... and start shootin.
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longwinters
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Seems like that David Tubbs guy came out with some type of bore system to smooth out things. Cannot remember the exact name. But you buy his bullets etc... and start shootin.
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remingtonman_25_06
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Tubbs Final Finish system. Its a series of coated bullets that you shoot and they smooth your barrel. There suppose to work pretty good from what I've read. Never had to use them myself...
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I've heard of that and even checked it out on line. I've never talked to anyone who has used it before. I've been a little skeptical on using them since the barrel life on this rifle is short enough. Then again, I have nothing to loose. The sooner I shoot the barrel out, the sooner I can start convincing the boss to let me spend the money on a new barrel.
baltz526
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will it do this with any bullet, or are you shooting just one type.
Guy Miner
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Excellent question, some bullets foul more than others.
Also - have tried the Tubbs Final Finish bullets on a factory 7mm Rem mag barrel. The barrel turned out to be extremely accurate, but it continued to foul badly. I got tired of it, and sold it to someone who didn't care that it needed a serious cleaning every 20 - 25 rounds.
Regards, Guy
Also - have tried the Tubbs Final Finish bullets on a factory 7mm Rem mag barrel. The barrel turned out to be extremely accurate, but it continued to foul badly. I got tired of it, and sold it to someone who didn't care that it needed a serious cleaning every 20 - 25 rounds.
Regards, Guy
lefty315
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Does your rifle start to become less accurate with the fouling? I have a Remington .30-06 that appeared extremely fouled. When some folks looked at the barrel you could see the gleem in their eye becasue they could see so much copper (not really), all they thought about was the recycling value it must be worth. I used wipe out and it removed everything. Several bench rest shooters I know have switched from Sweet's to Wipe Out and they are very impressed. It's not supposed to be corrosive either.
The only problem was my .30-06 would consistently shoot 1 to 1 1/4 inch groups at 200 yards. (Trust me, it's not me, it was the gun. I even have some witnesses. ) Now it has taken alot of time and shooting/fouling to get the rifle to start to shoot as accurately as it did before.
My friend has a Sako .300 Win Mag that is shooting great groups at 200 yards. He took Wipe Out to the barrel and it took over 20 rounds to get his barrel to shoot again in the same impact area and the same size groups.
In talking to a couple of old timers at the range, they pretty much summed it up. Sometimes too much copper is a bad thing, sometimes so is too little.
But if you really want the copper gone try Wipe Out.(This is not a paid endorsement)
The only problem was my .30-06 would consistently shoot 1 to 1 1/4 inch groups at 200 yards. (Trust me, it's not me, it was the gun. I even have some witnesses. ) Now it has taken alot of time and shooting/fouling to get the rifle to start to shoot as accurately as it did before.
My friend has a Sako .300 Win Mag that is shooting great groups at 200 yards. He took Wipe Out to the barrel and it took over 20 rounds to get his barrel to shoot again in the same impact area and the same size groups.
In talking to a couple of old timers at the range, they pretty much summed it up. Sometimes too much copper is a bad thing, sometimes so is too little.
But if you really want the copper gone try Wipe Out.(This is not a paid endorsement)
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