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Hi All

 

Since getting my .17 Hornet (my first centre fire never really worried with the .22LR as the only time it appears to need a clean is when it wont extract unfired rounds due to wax buildup off the bullets) I have after every use religiously cleaned the barrel through with Patchout. However being a late night bunny basher this has normally consisted of putting a couple of wet patch through the bore letting it sit for 20 mins as recommended and cleaning through with dry patches maybe twice before I go to bed.

However I went out tonight and shooting got binned without a shot being fired as the fog was too thick. Before putting the gun away I had a squint down the barrel even though it hadn't been fire and noticed what looked like some marks in it so I decided to run some more patches down the bore with some patchout on it to try and shift them and was surprised when I get a fair amount of brown on the patch which was according to the blurb carbon fouling and it took a few more treatments to get the patches coming out clean again.

MY question is am I cleaning the bore too quickly to give the patchout a chance to work and would it benefit soaking for 24 hours and then running the dry patches though the next evening?

 

Any advice would be appreciated or am I being too anal about this?

 

 

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And buy a nylon pistol brush. The pistol brushes are shorter and so, naturally, push through much easier. Every 100 I patch through with Wipeout and the Accelerator to remove the fresh fouling then follow it up with a wet pistol brush. Working it back and forth ten or so times. Stick another patch through after that and you might be surprised (or not) at the resulting patch when it emerges.

 

Reloading solutions sell the pistol brushes.

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Don't forget that these chemicals need time to work to be effective. If it's been a while sinc5a really good clean I would repeat the process a few times.

I can also recommend a treatment using HBN to reduce fouling. I use it in a 17 rem with great affect. I am also trialling it in a 22.250 and a remington 260 with Very,very promising results in reducing copper fouling to virtually no sign at all.

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Don't forget that these chemicals need time to work to be effective. If it's been a while sinc5a really good clean I would repeat the process a few times.

I can also recommend a treatment using HBN to reduce fouling. I use it in a 17 rem with great affect. I am also trialling it in a 22.250 and a remington 260 with Very,very promising results in reducing copper fouling to virtually no sign at all.

What is HBN?

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