Rifle Competition Events Cleaning for Competitions

[Boomhauer_lives]

I clean as little as possible i swear my gun shoots better when its dirty . I clean carbon every 400-500 rounds . And strip copper once about halfway thru a barrels life . If im at a match where my rifle got dirty though i will clean the barrel when i clean the rest of the rifle just because .

 

[CK1.0]

Someone needs to invent a proper fucking tool to remove carbon rings already!

I swear it takes me ~5mins to clean my bore… then another hour+ to remove the carbon ring (sometimes requiring me to soak it with wet patches soaked in Boretech Eliminator stuffed in the chamber overnight).

 

[JerkyFreak]

Someone needs to invent a proper fucking tool to remove carbon rings already!

I swear it takes me ~5mins to clean my bore… then another hour+ to remove the carbon ring (sometimes requiring me to soak it with wet patches soaked in Boretech Eliminator stuffed in the chamber overnight).

Called a phosphor-bronze brush. Works very fast when combined with a petroleum based bore cleaner. If it takes longer than 5 minutes you're doing it wrong.

 

[Holliday]

@Nik H I ran across the instructions for the VFG pellets. I think this is where I got the idea that the nut is really only for when cleaning shotguns.

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Step 4 doesn’t reference using the nut for rifles. In the shotgun instructions (not pictured) they specifically mention using the nut.

Anyway, thought I’d pass that along.

I have been using VFG pellets for 12 years or so (recommended to me by @Zak Smith) . I use this on my Dewey Rod (pictured below). You can use one pellet either screwed on or just slipped on. You can also use two pellets where the first one drops off at the muzzle while the other stays put for scrubbing.

Choose in drop down menu:

Dewey Cleaning Rod Thread Adapter Converts 8-36 Male to Use 8-36

This Dewey Specialty Thread Adapter gives a cleaning rod and brush even more versatility by allowing the shooter to interchange accessories and even use...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[carbonbased]

Someone needs to invent a proper fucking tool to remove carbon rings already!

Rifle Competition Events - Cleaning for Competitions

Everyone and their mother has a different cleaning regime. Different products, different process and different definitions of what cleaning is. For many years my cleaning process for precision rifles has been follow boretech instructions. Maybe do a cycle or 2. Gun shoots well again and is...

www.snipershide.com

This is what I stumbled upon and man, it fucking works fast.

 

[carbonbased]

@CK1.0 look at page 1 on this thread for more pellet discussion and where to buy them more cheaply (and usually in stock!).

 

[memilanuk]

I have been using VFG pellets for 12 years or so (recommended to me by @Zak Smith) . I use this on my Dewey Rod (pictured below). You can use one pellet either screwed on or just slipped on. You can also use two pellets where the first one drops off at the muzzle while the other stays put for scrubbing.

Choose in drop down menu:

Dewey Cleaning Rod Thread Adapter Converts 8-36 Male to Use 8-36

This Dewey Specialty Thread Adapter gives a cleaning rod and brush even more versatility by allowing the shooter to interchange accessories and even use...

www.midwayusa.com

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I used to use those a bunch for 30 cal. Kinda lost interest in them due to the smaller calibers only having enough thread for one pellet. The 30 cal holds two (and a half) pretty easily.

I seem to recall finding a newer jag for the smaller calibers that held at least two pellets, but I don't recall where.

 

[Holliday]

I used to use those a bunch for 30 cal. Kinda lost interest in them due to the smaller calibers only having enough thread for one pellet. The 30 cal holds two (and a half) pretty easily.

I seem to recall finding a newer jag for the smaller calibers that held at least two pellets, but I don't recall where.

I have the smaller 22 cal. one too, which I use for 6.5 and smaller. It holds two.

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[carbonbased]

Here are the Proshot versions. They also hold two pellets, plus they have a shotgun one too.

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[CK1.0]

Called a phosphor-bronze brush. Works very fast when combined with a petroleum based bore cleaner. If it takes longer than 5 minutes you're doing it wrong.

You either have no idea what I'm talking about, are rolling around with carbon rings and don't know it, don't own/use a borescope, or all of the above.

If it only takes you 5 minutes, you might be doing it wrong lol.

 

[CK1.0]

Thanks for the pellet suggestions... I'm going to order some and see how those work out.

Currently, and for the last 2 barrels or so, I've been using the Francis Colon/Chad Heckler trick that they talked about on their podcast a while back... which is taking a Boretech Action Wiper tool, and sacrificing it by trimming/stripping the rubber off of it so you end up with a "carbon ring jag" that nearly matches the neck OD of a 6mm and is too big to enter the chamber. After first soaking the area in Boretech Eliminator for a while, I then use the McGuyver'd tool on a rigid 10" chamber rod with as many patches as it takes and Iosso paste until the carbon ring is gone.

It's the best method I've found, but still kind of sucks.

 

[JerkyFreak]

Some of us put a short rod with the bronze brush on the end in a drill, put some Hoppe's or Ballistol on there and brush it out on medium speed. Takes about a minute or two.

Others use Ilosso and a nylon brush. Same result.

 

[hairy_pineapple588]

Some of us put a short rod with the bronze brush on the end in a drill, put some Hoppe's or Ballistol on there and brush it out on medium speed. Takes about a minute or two.

Others use Ilosso and a nylon brush. Same result.

I do this but I have a Zeus so I just take the barrel off and do it.

 

[CK1.0]

Some of us put a short rod with the bronze brush on the end in a drill, put some Hoppe's or Ballistol on there and brush it out on medium speed. Takes about a minute or two.

Others use Ilosso and a nylon brush. Same result.

What size brush would you recommend for a 6mm..?

I actually already bought a rod to try the drill method. But I still need to cut down the rod in order to be able to go in straight with my stock, and all I had on hand larger than .243/6mm brushes was a 9mm brush (that still didn’t stop me from trying it though lol, luckily it didn’t work out at all and the brush came apart before I bubba’d my shit lol).

As an aside, I’m starting to believe penetrating oil is the cheat code for hard carbon… I stuffed some patches soaked with penetrating oil in the throat for 30mins and the last remaining bitch of my carbon ring came out easy peezy (after Boretech Eliminator not doing shit soaking overnight).

I flush my barrels out with IPA until they squeak when I’m done cleaning like a lot of you, so whatever it takes is what it takes as far as I’m concerned.