I got a bore scope for christmas and I have been picking up good cleaning equipment for my guns. I spend more time buying and selling used guns etc than I really do hunting or shooting any single rifle. Many of my guns have not been cleaned in a quite a while, some have never been cleaned or fired since I purchased them years ago. I picked a few rifles and have been going through a standard process
- Wet patch with Butch's Boreshine
- Wait 10 min, then 20 strokes with brass brush with Butch's
- Dry patch - watch color
- Second dry patch
- Patch with Butch's again and repeat
I looked through a dirty bore, then after 3 cycles of above, used the bore scope to see the difference and it looked really clean. however, the patch after the brushing comes out completely blue. Continued for approximately 15 series etc, and the patch is the same, consistent amount of blue, which is a full patch of blue.
My question.... how common is it the brass brush is causing the blue? I dont see anything in the bore with the camera. I used a foaming bore cleaner and the patches came out clean, no color. Back to Butch's and the brass brush.... lots of blue.
