If the bore is shiny is that clean enough?

[harlow]

G'day all,

For cleaning my .223 I decide it's clean enough when the patch comes out basically clean, and looking down the action and out the muzzle things look shiny.

Not exactly scientific but is that good enough?

I can't be checking the thing with a bore scope to make sure ever bit of copper's gone of course.

What do we say?

[bigfellascott]

Works for me, I just do the same, run the patches until reasonably clean and if so jobs done.

[Chronos]

What you can see is the shiny bore, but the copper fouling is in the grooves.

A copper solvent usually stains the patch blue when copper is present, it's one reason why I don't use bronze brushes or jags (bronze contains copper)

Chronos

[Atter]

I'd say look at your patches more than the bore.

If you put a solvent patch through and it comes out looking like it went it - no copper or discolouration from the reaction - that's the signal I'd use.

[harlow]

What you can see is the shiny bore, but the copper fouling is in the grooves.

That's the kind of thing I'm looking to learn.

I can see the muzzle is clean in the grooves, but can't really tell much else inside by just looking.

[huccl]

Get the muzzle clean and give the inside a little extra, you'll be right

[tom604]

dont clean too much,,i know it sounds wrong but some people will scrub the hell out of their bore and then scrub some more if your patches are clean you are good to go and if your on a weekend away just use a bore snake

[harlow]

I don't think I go to bad.

wet patch, brush, dry patch.

Repeat 2 or maybe 3 times?

[Gregg]

If it's coming up clean after that, that's perfectly reasonable.

[Chronos]

I don't think I go to bad.

wet patch, brush, dry patch.

Repeat 2 or maybe 3 times?

what solvent or solvents are you using? what rifle is it a rimfire or centerfire?

the reason I ask is that if you're using a powder solvent chances are you'll never remove the copper fouling

chronos

[harlow]

Hey Chronos.

All my cleaning stuff is BoreTech. Definitely using a 'copper remover' too.

And this is talking about my Savage .223