Zetter Posted December 5, 2016 Report Share Posted December 5, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1nut Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Use the accelerator, that makes it work a lot faster. If not, as you state it needs a lot longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted December 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Cheers both. I was a bit worried that the brown stuff was rust which seemed a bit strange as it had a few passes with patchout that is supposed to be anti corrosion as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1nut Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I find as Nick Miller says a nylon brush to scrub the bore which works up a bit of a lather!! Works a treat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the enigma Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 As above, I've found using a nylon brush works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Hexagonal Boron Nitride. It's an extremely slippery coating. Google it or do a search on YouTube. No gimmicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Hexagonal Boron Nitride. It's an extremely slippery coating. Google it or do a search on YouTube. No gimmicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Its amazing how little many people know about cleaning procedures. We ought to start a cleaning forum on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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