Cleaning a new .223

[rsj223]

Used this product "sweets 7.62" patched it through and ended up with some very blue patches, looked like I used food dye.
So does this sound right it took just a few minutes and I done it twice just to make sure.

[BBJ]

I brought the whole package at the one shop, just said give me everything I need to shoot and maintain but something was missing, oh well hope I haven't killed it.

Relax mate.

All barrels build up fouling. It can potentially degrade accuracy over time temporarily as fouling builds up and depending on the rifle. Clean it out and you're spring fresh ready to go.

Some match shooters actually prefer to never clean their barrels as they find the consistent fouling makes for consistent accuracy instead of transitions from a clean to dirty barrel while shooting. (others will disagree but there are guys doing this getting top results.)

Get it clean and try it out but don't stress, you haven't damaged anything.

[Rocker]

Used this product "sweets 7.62" patched it through and ended up with some very blue patches, looked like I used food dye.
So does this sound right it took just a few minutes and I done it twice just to make sure.

Sounds right

Sweets is a lot stronger solvent than Hoppes.

[rsj223]

Used this product "sweets 7.62" patched it through and ended up with some very blue patches, looked like I used food dye.
So does this sound right it took just a few minutes and I done it twice just to make sure.

Sounds right

Sweets is a lot stronger solvent than Hoppes.

Thanks, cant wait til the weekend to try it out

[rsj223]

So it was just fouled up, its now back around 30mm at 100mtr, slow learning but getting there.

[Herdsman]

Gratz