Cleaning barrels

vette81

August 10, 2013 18:24

How clean is clean. Just bought a used 17 HMR and gave it a good cleaning but the patches still come out a little discolored. I used Hopes #9 and Butches bore shine. Thanks in advance
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  andrewsw16

  August 10, 2013 19:10

  If you can look down a well lighted barrel and you can see nice clean lands and grooves for the full length, you're done. Even a totally clean barrel will still leave some markings on a clean patch because the steel in the barrel is still reacting to the chemicals and the oxygen in the atmosphere. Trust your eyes when you look down the bore. [:D]

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  vette81

  August 11, 2013 05:05

  Thanks[:D]

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  tsr1965

  August 11, 2013 05:13

  vette81,
  
  The only way to tell if clean is clean, is either by a patch coming out clean, or with a good bore scope.
  
  Keep using the bore shine(or Shooters Choice)...use a saturated brush(not steel, or stainless steel, either), then a saturated patch. Let it soak for 10 minutes, then dry patch. Repeat this, until you get a clean dry patch. Sometimes, repeating this process, and time are the only things that will get a badly abused bore clean.
  
  Remember to only run the stuff thru from the breech to the muzzle...the rifling is directional.
  
  Best

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  chiefr

  August 11, 2013 05:17

  Memories of basic training.
  
  "I expect to run a patch thru that barrel and it look just like &^%$$ when it comes out or your azz is mine"
  
  
  I left out most of the expletives. Even the slightest hint of green or blue was on a patch at inspection time the poor soul would have latrine duty until the next inspection.
  
  Remember running at least 20 patches back & forth for a considerable length of time. Never once cleaned the latrine.

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  bigoutside

  August 15, 2013 18:35

  With someone else's barrel, I'd get it good and clean at least once.
  
  
  I really like the foaming bore cleaners for a deep clean.
  
  Don't mix brands. Or if you do, make sure they aren't reactive with each other.
  
  I'm sure you have a properly sized jag. Patches are cheap. Even after a good soak, brush, and enough patches to get a clean one or two; I'd expect to drop an oiled patch down the bore and have to spend another 15 or so to get things clean.
  
  Knowing I'm going to send a fouling shot down the tube in just a few seconds.
  
  17 hmr is designed to be accurate. I described what I do for combat handguns.
  
  If you want to group well on a windless day, spend a nickel on the extra patches.

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