Discoloration in barrel / cleaning

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Re: Discoloration in barrel / cleaning

Post by GQshayne » 01 Apr 2019, 9:03 pm

Patty93 wrote:After working my barrel and brushing it a fair bit with a nylon brush, and allowing the sweets to soak for up to 20 minutes I don’t think I am getting anywhere with this removal. Maybe I am more paranoid now than I ever was.

I really am not sure where to go from here, I have used the sweets and put a dry patch through directly after with almost nothing coming out on the patch (including minimal moisture - probably all on the brush rather than in the barrel), then following up with a second patch which comes out looking as clean as it did going in.

I can only assume the barrel at this point is as clean as it’s going to be.


I have found that one of the specialist copper removers, with a nylon brush, works better than the old Sweets. I use Boretech, and reckon it works very well. A while back I was at a gunsmith, and asked what he used. Boretch copper remover.
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