Brownells – Using JB Bore Paste and Kroil with the VFG Bore Pellets

I USE PAINT THINNER. It's cheaper and works fast 👍👍

Just found out about VFG pellets so watching videos their own video says never use any solvents or barrel cleaners and only do 4 runs back and forth. I was worried about going backwards anyway but you are doing it 30 plus times?

How about .58 cal.? Nobody makes 'em

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Have been using VFG pellets for close to 40 years. They were sold at the German gun shop I worked at. Have only used them with hopes. I have had firearms that I shoot matches with, and due to the barrel design they only shot well when dirty – after 20 pre sight rounds.

I do normal cleaning with all of my fire arms but I use the jb bore paste about once or twice a year or before storage to get everything out that I possibly can

Will firing bullets, over time, achieve the same effect?

Can someone explain to me why Brownell's carry the VFG adapter with a female end. My god, most all cleaning rods are female end. We need a VFG male end adapter!

He changed directions while it was still inside the barrel. I thought you weren't supposed to do that???

Jb paste or toothpaste, same thing.
Bonus, you’re barrel smells minty fresh!

I use cigarette filters instead

Free All is better than KROIL!

Can the barrel brake also be done in this way?

This is some of the most ridiculous hype I've ever heard. The shooting community is supposed to be a community of integrity and this is just false marketing hype that is bereft of integrity. Every barrel has a break in set of instructions from the manufacturer. Is Brownells implying that they know more about your gun than your manufacturer? They do not! Follow your instructions from the manufacturer always and don't believe junk like this.

Can this method be used to clean an ar15 barrel wit push rod gas system?

I' m wondering about the JB bore paste getting into the gas port in the barrel and then into the gas block and stopping it up.

I must be doing something terrible wrong. I use a Dewey .22 Rod with VFG .22 Pellets and I cannot hardly push it through. How are you able to slide it through so easily????

How would you recommend using vfg cleaning products on lever action rifles?

Being that JB is dark colored how do you know when to stop using it?

is this a form of bore lapping and cleaning in one ?

Seems like a lot of work for something you could do with 6 passes of a well soaked bore snake.

How can felt pads and paste mixed with oil remove fouling better than a brass brush and something like Hoppe's No.9?

I would think this advertised combination would polish a bore, but not remove serious fouling. IDK.

Any reason Swab-it bore tips would not work just as well for this?

I do not see a .177 jag specific for the VGF listed for the system anywhere any help?

Just a Hint*** NEVER clean polish a bore without something on the scope lens. A rubber glove works well if you do not have lens caps. A single drop of oil or JB will do damage while you try to clean it off.

Do they make the pellets and adaptor in .17 cal.?

Started using KROIL, JB bore paste and the pellets some time ago. Does the most thorough job possible. No way any amount of scrubbing with a bristle and cotton wads on a jag even comes close. And this does it with a lot less effort. I used to soak overnight with Hoppe's solvent and it never completely removed all the fouling. This is so much easier and faster too. A++

Great guide, a clean bore is an accurate bore. I would however recommend using pellets for fouled barrels rather than fowled barrels unless your trying to remove heavy deposits of chicken, duck, turkey etc.. Also as a cheaper alternative google eds red as a general solvent and bore cleaner. It's simple to mix at home and costs a fraction of the price of Hoppes, Gun scrub or the like. There are even variants that will remove copper fouling and leading if left to soak one of which includes Kroil in the blend.

Here's a link

h t t p: / /w w w . brownells . com / g un -clean ing – ch em icals / cleaning – rods – amp – accessories / cleaning – rod-guides/o-ring-bore-guide-prod25927. as px

It appeared that the user used a bore protector
to apply/insert from the chamber. Not the muzzle.

Perhaps, that assisted insertion?

based on this video I ordered the VFG pellets and the VFG adapter (which only retains one pellet). So I ordered the 3 pellet adapters. I'm trying to clean a revolver, and auto rifle, and a lever action, which means I have to enter thru the muzzle. It is very difficult to get the pellet in the muzzle, and the 3 pellet adapters have a much larger diameter, so the pellets are impossible to get into he bore without reworking the pellets. Very difficult to use in this fashion.

VFG pellets look an awful lot like felt wheels for a rotary tool such as dremel…. bet there cousins

Do you have to use it with kroill or could you use hoppes as well with JB?

Tape said: "Swab out bore after using JB…

as it has a petroleum base."

OK, but does this mean with simply a dry

patch or with solvent, etc. ?

i love JB + Kroil! it gets my bores to a mirror shine (assuming they're in good condition to begin with, heh).

i'm skeptical of using the Bore Pellets for regular cleaning – they're kinda pricey. however, they look good for applying JB because of the even pressure on the bore.