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Cleaning a precision rifle

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Cleaning a precision rifle

This video shows how I clean a precision rifle. It also covers what is needed to remove carbon and copper fouling from the bore.

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  6. Thanks for this Ray, I consider you a “reference channel” however can I add please cover your optics with lens caps or similar, an accidental splash of copper solvent will also remove the coating on optics in an instant. Cheers

  11. The only thing I do differently is that after the initial cleaning when I walk away and let the bore soak I do it with the rifle vertical, muzzle down on a balled up white sock in a Tupperware bowl so that the bottom half of the bore doesn't clean twice as good as the top 12 o'clock of the bore since the liquid runs down with gravity. I actually remove the chamber protector and give a few extra drops into the chamber to run down to the carbon ring and help loosen that too and all the fluid runs to the muzzle and leaves a blue or green stain on the old white sock or t-shirt cut out. Once I have done this a few times I take an old bore brush and wrap a patch around it and insert it into the throat and hand turn it a few times and watch the carbon ring disappear. (I use wipe-out bore cleaner, shooters choice, then flush with 99% alcohol or mineral spirits. When dry I leave a light coat of Hoppe's no.9 )

  13. Interesting: I recently learned that some bench rest shooters finish cleaning by running some lock ease through the bore to place a thin film of graphite powder in the bore. They claim that it eliminates the need to take fouling shots to stabilize MV and POI after cleaning. Hmm…

  17. what are the tips for cleaning the barrel properly using a bronze brush, how can it be done over and over again? because every time you rub it there is still dirt and if it is done repeatedly it will damage the barrel, please answer

  18. I am still shooting a Remington PSS .308 from 1995. At 100 that rifle will shoot round after round into the same hole. At 500 it will easily shoot into a 50 cent piece. I've never used this process to clean a rifle. A simple cleaning rod, a good cleaner, brushes and patches is all you need. The rest is pure nonsense. If you doubt me come to San Antonio and I'll prove it.

  23. YES! Thank you and God bless you! My dad used to obsess about getting that patch back to white by scrubbing the hell out of all that "copper fouling" What a bunch of silliness. One hundred shots run a little copper solvent through and don't obsess. I make my own nitric acid solvent for my stainless barrels and I stop after a 10min soak and a few patches. Its amazing how much our procedures bear likeness. Right down to the same bore patch over the same bore brush. Great video!

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