White patches?

[wisconsinteacher]

I have another set of questions. Tonight I cleaned a rifle. After 8 patches of Sweets 7.62, I got one that was so close to white it was crazy. I have yet to get one come out that is perfect with Sweets. I am guessing that it could happen with time or I may be getting some false reading from the jag and patch holder. My questions are: have you ever got a rifle to produce white patches after cleaning, have you ever put a plug in your barrel then filled it with #9 and let it sit over night standing up to clean it, how much color does a brass jag really leave, and do you feel that you need to get to the point of perfect white patches?

 

[sask boy]

I can't say I get perfectly white patches but I tried to get it to a point of no blue .

Blessings,
Dan

 

[dubyam]

I can get my rifles to the point the patch going in and the patch coming out look the same. Both are "off-white" as the solvent seems to tint them slightly from white. I'm using BoreTech Eliminator, so if your solvent is orange or brown or green, YMMV. But I clean until I get patches that are "white" coming out.

 

[Kodiak]

BoreTech Co. makes a series of "Proof-positive Patch Jags", in most calibers. They are said to Not show false cleaning results, as you use them in your rifle-bores. After a few passes thru the barrel, the patches show "white", in my rifles.

 

[Rol_P]

I have used Sweet's in my rifles. To get around the brass affecting the blue on the patch I
1. Run my cleaning rod through the barrel no patch.
2. I cut a piece of chalk line type of string about twice the barrel length, not critical just make it long enough.
3. Attach the string to the cleaning rod and pull the string through the barrel.
4. At about the mid point of the string tie a slip knot and put a patch with sweets, or your favorite agent in the slip knot and pull it through the barrel.
5. Remove the patch, I go one way only, not back and forth.
6. Repeat the process until satisfied with the patch appearance.
7. Lightly oil the barrel with a clean patch as there is a warning on the Sweets bottle not to leave the Sweets in the barrel too long.

Do we need really white patches? I do not know, but remember about shooting "fouling shots" in a clean barrel.