I like to clean guns...

[Evan03]

My go to rifle actually shoots best after 50tds or so. And most deginatly wont see a bore brush before hunting season. I do clean it with sweets every other year or so. This is just a standerd ruger.

A tight Mach bore may see accuracy degrade with fouling build up because it's tighter to start with.

[temmi]

Oddly enough I like to clean guns too.

In fact I am the family Gun Cleaner

[PJgunner]

Originally Posted by Catfish

My wife has a cousin that bought a 722 Rem, in 222 in 1960. He put a K-8 Weaver on it and put it in his truck. It staied there untill the late 1990`s and he would kill over 200 groundhogs a year with it. In the late 90`s I ask him how many groundhogs he had and he told me his gun was shot out. I`ve never seen a 222 that was shot out and brought his rifle home with me. I ran 50 patchs of Sweets 7.62 through the bore and number 50 was just as blue as number 1. Since I was tired of cleaning I took it out and fire it. I put 5 rounds in at about .600 at 100 yrds. So I cleaned up the gun, put a coat of finish on the stock and took it back to him. I figured in another 30 years I would finish the cleaning and redo the stock again.

Next time, do that cleaning with JB Bore paste. That's what the bench resters use. Really, it won't hurt the bore. I have a Winchester M70 in 7x57 Mauser that is a barrel fouler of he highest order. Finally I did a fire lapping job on the gun and it's a lot better but still fouls fairly quickly. I'll run a patch with the Sweet's 7.62 first to see how bad the fouling is, then wipe that out and use a 25 caliber brush wrapped with some paper towel patches smeared woth the JB. I do 50 full bcck and forth strokes. The gun is mounted in a vice with protected jaws and the muzzle is hard up against the wall so that the paper patch does not leave the muzzle. I do the same for the Sweet's. After the 50 strokes, I wipe down the bore and run another Sweet's patch to check on how blue the patch gets. Usually I have to do another 50 strokes with the JB and one more Sweet's and 99.9 percent of the copper fouling is gone. Then, I make sure everything is out of the barrel and chamber with some Shooter's Choice solvent. Then, one more dry patch, a patch with some WD40 to preserve the bore and I'm done.
Paul B.

[PJgunner]

Larry. You might want to be careful with that moly stuff. Gun writer Rick jamison did some experimentation with it and later when he removed the moly coating from his barrel, it was badly corroded under that moly. Apparently is somehow allowed moisture to creep under the coating and caused the corrosion.
I know Rick wasn't very popular after he sued Winchester because of his paptents on the short mag rounds but he really did know his stuff when it came to the technical side of guns and shooting.
Paul B.

[Montana Cowboy]

My gun's are cleaned after every use. I've worked hard for the money to buy them just like my car and truck I take good care of them. When I need to depend on them I don't want any malfunctions. Sure I'm like everybody else I'd rather do something else but I know what it is like to work for the money to buy anything and so I take care of what I own. My wife likes the smell of Hoppe's so she likes to come out and visit while I'm cleaning my gun. MC

[Larryjk]

PJgunner, I know there are a lot of pros and cons of moly. I have not found the problems many people speak of (Wyoming is very low humidity). I also do not use the wax on my bullets after I coat them with moly. I have learned to wash my hands after work sessions with powder and bullets, so the moly doesn't bother me. After about 10 years, my 17 barrel is still free of visible corrosion.