Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:11 am
Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:35 am
Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:47 am
Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:13 pm
MadPick wrote:Every once in a blue moon, I'll pull a Boresnake through a couple of times.
One day before every Halley's comet, I'll use a brush for the barrel. For the chamber, if it's an AR then I'll use an AR chamber brush. If it's not, I won't. I will occasionally jam a long Q-tip in there if I'm doing something that involves corrosive ammo.
Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:27 pm
Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:50 pm
GeekWithGuns wrote:Here's my take. The mouth of the cartridge case expands under pressure and obturates against the forward walls of the chamber. This should effectively seal the chamber at the case mouth thereby prevent carbonization or powder fouling in most of the chamber behind the case mouth. So that leaves the portion of the chamber between the case mouth and the start of the rifling.
In any case an oversize brush should be needed for the chamber. To be honest I don't really worry about this on my XP-100 or T/C centerfire barrels. Though my approach is to be more concerned with carbon fouling than copper deposits in the area of the chamber. Try something like BoreTech C4 Carbon Remover swabbed in to soak then followed by brass brush. After that I would follow with general barrel cleaning use a foaming bore scrubber like Sharp Shoot R Wipe Out to remove copper fouling.
Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:59 pm
snozzberries wrote:MadPick wrote:Every once in a blue moon, I'll pull a Boresnake through a couple of times.
One day before every Halley's comet, I'll use a brush for the barrel. For the chamber, if it's an AR then I'll use an AR chamber brush. If it's not, I won't. I will occasionally jam a long Q-tip in there if I'm doing something that involves corrosive ammo.
You think a boresnake cleans the chamber? I thought it just cleaned the bore...
Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:40 pm
How to clean your chamber
Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:46 pm
AR15L wrote:How to clean your chamber
I just call the chambermaid.
Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:50 pm
deadshot2 wrote:...a larger caliber brush that fits the neck area nice and tight (I like .357 brushes for a .308 chamber neck), rotate it in the chamber's neck area by hand for a few minutes. Then start patching it out.
Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:56 pm
snozzberries wrote:AR15L wrote:How to clean your chamber
I just call the chambermaid.
What's in her left hand?
Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:18 pm
Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:00 pm
jukk0u wrote:Curious: What gun are you cleaning? Usually there are chamber brushes offered, no?
Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:08 pm
Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:49 am
MadPick wrote:snozzberries wrote:MadPick wrote:Every once in a blue moon, I'll pull a Boresnake through a couple of times.
One day before every Halley's comet, I'll use a brush for the barrel. For the chamber, if it's an AR then I'll use an AR chamber brush. If it's not, I won't. I will occasionally jam a long Q-tip in there if I'm doing something that involves corrosive ammo.
You think a boresnake cleans the chamber? I thought it just cleaned the bore...
Well, yeah. But I figure that it rubs against the sides of the chamber here and there.