How are you guys cleaning your rifles after a PRS match. Just starting to shoot matches and yesterday’s match was pretty damn dusty. Action started feeling a little gritty. Do you just clean it normal and wipe the outside real good.
Cleaning Rifle after PRS match
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Work from the muzzle back.
1. remove muzzle device and if there’s a lot of carbon it gets dunked in a jar of boretech c4.
2. clean the bore for carbon using patches with c4 and a nylon brush. When the patches come out clean, run some dry patches, then one oiled patch (right now I'm using lucas extreme duty gun oil).
3. I’ll use an AR chamber mop/ brush to clean the throat, chamber, and bolt lug recesses
4. clean action raceways and spray out with BC gun scrubber if needed.
5. Clean bolt by either wiping down or spraying the gun scrubber. Same for firing pin assembly.
6. Reassemble bolt, apply grease to high wear areas (TW25B). You can also put some oil on your bolt body but make sure you wipe this off.
7. put bolt back into action, run the bolt, call it done.
8. drink some beer.
oh and reinstall the muzzle device after it's clean and dry.
1. remove muzzle device and if there’s a lot of carbon it gets dunked in a jar of boretech c4.
2. clean the bore for carbon using patches with c4 and a nylon brush. When the patches come out clean, run some dry patches, then one oiled patch (right now I'm using lucas extreme duty gun oil).
3. I’ll use an AR chamber mop/ brush to clean the throat, chamber, and bolt lug recesses
4. clean action raceways and spray out with BC gun scrubber if needed.
5. Clean bolt by either wiping down or spraying the gun scrubber. Same for firing pin assembly.
6. Reassemble bolt, apply grease to high wear areas (TW25B). You can also put some oil on your bolt body but make sure you wipe this off.
7. put bolt back into action, run the bolt, call it done.
8. drink some beer.
oh and reinstall the muzzle device after it's clean and dry.
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Oil bath, like Luke gives R2D2 and CP3O in Star Wars A New Hope.
Nah, don’t over think it. Wipe it down. Maybe some gun scrubber if you can’t reach something. Patch it out. Add lube where necessary.
Nah, don’t over think it. Wipe it down. Maybe some gun scrubber if you can’t reach something. Patch it out. Add lube where necessary.
If stuff is really coverd in dust and grit ill flush it with garden hose to move dirt away then clean as descrbed above. especial helpful with optics to remove as much grit before cleaning so as not to scratch glass or coating on glass.
important to not delay folowing up cleaning and light oil after flushing with H20
important to not delay folowing up cleaning and light oil after flushing with H20
Don't touch the bore until groups start opening up or chamber gets tight/sticky. Take out bolt and wipe down with an oily rag, hit outside with aircompresor (make sure chamber is sealed unless you want to sandblast it). Keep optics protected or pull off.
95% of people do more damage by over cleaning than nothing. Your gun will tell you when it needs to be cleaned.
95% of people do more damage by over cleaning than nothing. Your gun will tell you when it needs to be cleaned.
And 87.5% of percentages are made up
I just shot a match Saturday. Cleaned the bolt and the chamber with a chamber brush. I cleaned the exterior and made sure there were no obstructions inside the barrel or muzzle device. I don't actually clean the barrel or run patches until I notice accuracy start to open up. For my barrel, which is a Rock Creek, that's typically around 300-400 rounds. I've also noticed around that 400 round mark is when groups start going from 1/2 MOA or better to 3/4 MOA. It's not like a dirty barrel won't shoot, it'll just open up your avergae group size slightly.
Clean off the dust/dirt on the outside of the rifle and scope.
Clean chamber/lug/inside action.
Couple of patches with Butch's down bore, wait 10 min, brush it with loop ended bronze brush, dry patch to get the crap out and then couple more patches with Butch's and wait another 10 min and then dry patch and patch of Kroil and a dry patch. I don't remove the brake normally.
Then clean mags.
Clean chamber/lug/inside action.
Couple of patches with Butch's down bore, wait 10 min, brush it with loop ended bronze brush, dry patch to get the crap out and then couple more patches with Butch's and wait another 10 min and then dry patch and patch of Kroil and a dry patch. I don't remove the brake normally.
Then clean mags.
Never tried the Kroil. Butch's is fantastic but man does it smell.
OP, as I'm sure you are seeing there are many ways to go about this neither is right or wrong. Hell you'll find people that clean the bore down to metal each time.
Oh one more thing to consider adding to your kit, some of those blue shop towels and a shaving brush. The shop towels do a fantastic job of getting rid of all the crud and the shaving brushes are perfect for removing surface dust.
