Yeah, the first cleaning after the curing shots often encounters some fouling--just like the instructiosn say.

One thing you might try on the bext barrel you shoot-cure is only take 5 shots. That's all it takes to cure the stuff. After that you are just fouling the bore to no purpose.


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