Originally Posted By: ackleymanNote: if you push a couple of patches of any kind of penetrating oil through your barrel when shooting at the rifle range, barrel are easier to clean later on. Free All is the best penetrating oil I have ever found.
Works especially well if barrel still warm/hot. That was always the first job after coming off the 600 firing line on match days, having fired 58 or 88 rounds. Thanks for the reminder, Keith, kinda got out of the habit since current range sessions normally result in far less rounds fired.
Originally Posted By: pyscodogA while back folks were raving about Tactical Advantage, so I bought a bottle. Seems to work good but I can't say its the best. I've tried a lot of different cleaners and seems they all work pretty good. I still think elbow grease is the best cleaner. Patches and a good brush seem to work best.
^^^^A good stiff brush really does shorten cleaning chores!
Good barrels are easy to keep clean. Factory barrels, not so much; doesn't take many rounds to start mining copper from them. I like to keep it simple and Tactical Advantage is the best I've found as a lone copper/carbon removal product.
BAR .308 barrel after just 29 rounds:
Did not take "before" pictures after range session Friday during which 55 rounds were fired then 8-10 passes with Iosso blue brush soaked w/TA made and let sit for about 4 hours. Traces of copper visible @ crown, so repeated above and let soak overnight. All copper gone w/only traces of carbon left. L-R from throat:
Thorough inspection w/scope found one small trace of copper near muzzle that was removed with a half dozen strokes w/worn-out brush in that area and an hour soak.
Some of the other bore cleaners may be a bit more aggressive/efficient, especially in concert with another solvent, but TA does it all very well.
Regards,
hm