Gunsmithing What do you do for barrel maintenance between cleanings?

[MJY65]

This is particularly directed to those shooters who do not do a full copper removal after each session. My question is what, if anything, do you do in between?

 

[gixxer822]

Shoot more. I do nothing until I see accuracy decrease. I do check my chamber for carbon rings or any build up. Besides tht barrels good.

 

[Turd in the Pool]

Poll should have an oily patch option as well. In my case a lot depends on how much I've shot it and how long it will sit 'til next shooting.

 

[GLB]

I run a bore snake with a drop or two oil on the bristles.

 

[turbo54]

Depends on barrel material.

If you've got a steel barrel, you really oughtta run a nice oily patch through before putting it away for more than a few days at the very least.

Better, would be a kroil or mpro7 powder fouling removal, plus the oily patch. Powder residue attracts and absorbs moisture and will pit a steel barrel, and wreck it.

With stainless barrels, it depends on the cartridge. For moderate cartridges like 223, 308, even 260, don't do a damn thing. For very overbore cartridgesor the ones that burn a lot of powder, a quickie job of removing some/most of the powder fouling helps.

 

[buffybuster]

Carbon Steel: If I'm going to put it up for a while, I'll run an oily patch through it; knowing my Coldbore will be off.
Stainless Steel: Nothing.

 

[jcm151]

+1 on the bore snake.. and nothing unless accuracy slips...