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Have you seen the monsters we have running around Florida?
Don't get me started on the Keys deer...
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Have you seen the monsters we have running around Florida?
Don't get me started on the Keys deer...
Ive not, but have a friend who owns the rights to www.turdme.com if you want to take that shit to the next level.....@NateSavannah
Nate,
Have you joined our lovely Share your poop thread?
You'll fit right in there with us.
We talking iguana or deer?
Your dogs uses rifles as chew toys?If it can be cleaned really well, my dog needs a new chew toy.
Your dogs uses rifles as chew toys?
Exactly. Boresnakes seem good for what they are designed for but most often misused. Their care, feeding and usage seems to be misunderstood by most people using them.I guess, just seems like a simple tool for a simple task, but not cleaning the cleaning tool is like washing dirty clothes in dirty water and blaming the washer
Agreed to each his own. I certainly don’t try to sway folks one way or the other. I do pay attention to data and anecdotes. I know Mike at Criterion and consider him a reliable source. That said, that article is just one case study.I went 1000 rounds on my last PRS barrel, bore snaked it a few times, then went 1200, snaked and patched it, proper clean, got to 2992 rounds and I retired it. 243ai.
I clean my bolt after every trip however, that is important.
Each to their own I guess.
Agreed to each his own. I certainly don’t try to sway folks one way or the other. I do pay attention to data and anecdotes. I know Mike at Criterion and consider him a reliable source. That said, that article is just one case study.
I have been a “less is more” cleaner. Only recently have my anecdotal observations and the purchase of a borescope swayed me to clean more.
My base opinion on cleaning is, the less you do it the less you’re exposed to toxic chemicals and lead. I think this is perhaps one of the best arguments for cleaning less.
I have an Stainless E Series 1911 that I purchased a few years back. The gun has been a safe queen and fired a few hundred rounds. I cleaned it but not every time. Here in Wyoming we are a semi arid climate, so I don’t worry much. Last spring after a range trip I decided to give it a good cleaning. Much to my utter shock there were pits in the bore. I was astonished given how little the gun had been used. Long story short, with some convincing S&W replaced the barrel. Now I clean and oil that bore every range trip......
My 280AI hunting rifle seems to develop carbon in the chamber causing pressure spikes. This rifle has gone onto a tighter cleaning regiment because of this and is also cleaned and bore/chamber lightly oiled between seasons, during storage.
I am experimenting with this Montana X-treme oil for bore protection. I don’t really buy into the accuracy hype. However the folks at Gun Werks claim an oiled patch and then a dry patch simulate a fouled bore for the first round. They do not recommend this product by name though.
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No I have not. I usually use KG products but recently added Slip 2000 carbon remover which seems to work very well. Below was the first felt push after soaking for 10-15 minutes and running a nylon brush with the Slip 2000. I have to check my book but I’m sure it had less that 50 rounds since previous cleaning without the slip. I have never gotten a felt that black.ever try bore eliminator?
I’ve had good luck with it
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You want to start a motorcycle oil and tire thread too?Not to dig too far into the analogy, but I know when its time to change my motorcycle oil based on how the transmission feels when shifting, usually a fair bit before the manufacturer recommended interval. Cleaning every range trip is, in my opinion, unnecessary. Lots of factors, some powders are worse than others, every barrel is different etc, but every trip is more than what is necessary in my rifle. YMMV
Depends on the motorcycle. Some are some aren’t. BMW’s are separated, Honda’s are not.Is the engine oil on a motorcycle shared by the transmission?
When I'm out and about, I carry the Otis stuff. If I make it back to the vehicle camp, I clean with the rod and bore guide I bring along in the Pelican case. If I stay out and about away from the vehicle, and feel like the bore needs a swipe, I use the Otis stuff. At home, it's always the rods with bore guides. Except for my Garand, M1A and the 10/22 stuff...that stuff all gets cleaned with Otis stuff. I am not set up to go chamber to muzzle with those.If I were headed into the bush for an extended hunt I would most certainly consider one essential. That said, taping my muzzle or covering my can or muzzel break with a quickly removable cover would be my primary line of defense.
My soulmate......Cleaning?
WTF is that?
Talk to your Dewey. If you don't have one, get one. Grief. Hate it when things go wrong. But they go wrong constantly, so adapt!Had a great range day: took an SRS A2 out with a chrono. Shot consistent .5" groups. Then shot some subsonics - shot shitty groups with those but was in awe at how quiet the whole setup was. My air gun is louder than these subs.
Ran home, got a babysitter lined up for the kiddo, wife is down for a date, day is turning out great buuuuut....
My OCD won't allow my to put a dirty rifle away, so I quickly run a boresnake through. Big #@&$ing mistake. The end of the bore snake gets hung up in the chamber and the damn thing rips. I try to fish around with a couple plastic picks and break the ends of the picks in the chamber.
The bronze brush is out with the piece that snapped off, which is nice I guess, but I have nothing to grab on to, yet.
Tomorrow I'll take the barrel off and see if some needle nose pliers can fish it out. What a cluster...
Anyways, I've used boresnakes before in a pinch and always figured the main issues against them were dragging dirt through your bore or messing up your crown, but I figured only a complete idiot would get his snake stuck.... Lesson learned.
Cleaning is what you do to your shirt and pants after you get up from shooting in the prone position, often called "dusting off" or "appeasing the wife"My soulmate......
Hey, I'm 70. My wife doesn't give a fig and neither do I. But I like a gun that runs wet and dirty!!!Cleaning is what you do to your shirt and pants after you get up from shooting in the prone position, often called "dusting off" or "appeasing the wife"
You call your wife a gun ? I'm so confusedHey, I'm 70. My wife doesn't give a fig and neither do I. But I like a gun that runs wet and dirty!!!
You don't wanna do that, not where she's putting the superglue.Put a round through it. Should clear it right out.