Being an old school benchrest shooter, I have been cleaning guns with good bronze bristle brushes for all my life. Ran into trouble some time back when a couple of custom guns got cleaned with patches only. Powder fouling caked up and got so hard it would not show black on patches, then the gun quit shooting...223 AI.
About 14 years ago, I bought two cans of wipe out, and never used the stuff. Then recently I bought a bottle of accelerator, and an applicator tube that fits on the top of the wipe out can to keep the mess out of the action.
As a test, I took a Rem 700 in 270, and worked up a load which turned out to be 58g of Win 760 with a 110g Hornady HP, groups are fantastic, and I shot the barrel 80 rounds without cleaning it.
I pushed 5 patches soaked with Wipe out Accelerator through the bore, let that set for a couple of hours, then sprayed the wipe out through the barrel till it dripped out the muzzle. I had the rifle in a rifle cradle with the muzzle pointed in the down position, slightly.
I let the barrel soak over night, then dry patched it out with 4 dry patches, then bore scoped the barrel with a Lyman bore scope.
TO MY GREAT AMAZEMENT, the barrel was 98% clean of powder solvent and 100% free of copper! The 110g bullet had a speed of 3375, and prior to cleaning, I could see copper in the muzzle with a flash light. I am sure that If I had soaked a second time, all the powder fouling would be gone.
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About 14 years ago, I bought two cans of wipe out, and never used the stuff. Then recently I bought a bottle of accelerator, and an applicator tube that fits on the top of the wipe out can to keep the mess out of the action.
As a test, I took a Rem 700 in 270, and worked up a load which turned out to be 58g of Win 760 with a 110g Hornady HP, groups are fantastic, and I shot the barrel 80 rounds without cleaning it.
I pushed 5 patches soaked with Wipe out Accelerator through the bore, let that set for a couple of hours, then sprayed the wipe out through the barrel till it dripped out the muzzle. I had the rifle in a rifle cradle with the muzzle pointed in the down position, slightly.
I let the barrel soak over night, then dry patched it out with 4 dry patches, then bore scoped the barrel with a Lyman bore scope.
TO MY GREAT AMAZEMENT, the barrel was 98% clean of powder solvent and 100% free of copper! The 110g bullet had a speed of 3375, and prior to cleaning, I could see copper in the muzzle with a flash light. I am sure that If I had soaked a second time, all the powder fouling would be gone.
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