How do you clean your bore/chamber?

[ChrisBCS]

Bore cleaner with patches only? Or does anyone use a bore brush? Is good ol' Hoppe's considered useless these days?

I know everyones rifle is different re: when to clean and how long it takes to re-establish a good equilibrium.

 

[houarms]

I use a bore guide, one piece rod, nylon brush, cotton patches and Bore Tech Eliminator. I generally follow the directions on the Eliminator bottle and have had good results.

 

[rlwilson]

Leave the good ol' Hoppe's in the bore when you finish with the Bore Tech, nothing else it smells good. wipe it out with a dry patch before firing again.

 

[TheYoungConnoisseur]

ive been using brake/parts cleaner. First patch comes out 98% clean. Total time involved maby 2min

 

[usafabrad]

if your rifle is a custom-built, finely lapped thing of beauty, your amount of cleaning will be drastically different than a factory rem 700 that fouls up like a old car on cheap gas. There are tons of methods/theories out there regarding copper/carbon fouling and how to remove, when to remove, etc. Brushing is debated throughly, and also depends on your barrel and what it needs.