Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles How often do you fellas clean to bare steel?

Stupid question I know as each barrel is different. Im just curious as to how often everyone takes it back down to the wood so to speak.

I know I know when the accuracy falls off. Just curious as to when it happens for everyone. Ive got a near shot out 270 that seems to go a long long time before it's needed. Almost 100 rounds or so!

I once had a 7mm-08 that had to be cleaned every 15 rounds!

I can't even remember the last time I cleaned the barrel on my 243......still shoots great.

I never clean barrels, unless they need it. They should tell ya.

I throughly clean my rifle barrels ( including my bolt action .22 rimfire 😲) EVERY time I shoot them....My centerfire rifles are sighted in to shoot 1" high @100 yds through a clean barrel 👍........Hb

About every 50 rounds. A lot of barrels are ruined by over zealous cleaning. I’m certainly no expert.

A few years back I tried Wipe-out cleaner (from advice i got on this site) it thoroughly cleans and its super easy on your bore, no brushing required and very few patches used... I highly recommend it 👍......Hb

WipeOut is the real deal... I tried it a few years ago on a barrel that I thought was shot out... saved me from having to rebarrel the gun, it worked so well.

Another Wipe Out fan here. Get a piece of fuel hose to make an “extension” and spray the stuff from the chamber. Keeps it out of the action/magbox. Couple patches and your done. It’s great for black powder too.

A bore guide works well too.

Where do you guys get your Wipe-out? The only place I can find it is at Midway. I have tried to get a few of my LGS to stock it but they say they cant get it......Hb

Sportsmans Warehouse...

Brownells carries the full range of wipe-out products and is my go-to versus Midway. Potterfield can eat a whole bag of d!cks.

The ARs get BCGs cleaned after every range trip, and lower receivers get it too if it's been shot suppressed (which is most of my ARs)...that includes pulling the FCG out, but only because I've had a few instances of frozen triggers from crap building up. Mostly CFE BLK in my blackout.

Bolt guns just get shot and put away until accuracy degrades OR if weather was crap. rimfires get cleaned every outing.

AKs get cleaned if they shot corrosive. If I'm shooting wolf, they just get shot and tossed back in the safe.

I thoroughly clean my rifles after each trip to the range. I will normally pass the brush down at a minimum of 50 times. That is what it usually takes to get all of the green out.

Beware that Wipeout leaves a coating if you don't wipe it out. Not a problem except when it foams up into the gas tube on an AR. Good chance you'll eventually have function problems.

For gas guns, I prefer Montana Extreme.

I get it off Amazon prime

I use wipeout,patchout, tactical advantage and the KG suite of products. No more brushes except maybe a nylon brush with stubborn stuff

For my centerfire hunting rifles, not until needed. For my rimfires, never. I don't currently have any target rifles.

That's why you don't use the foaming version in an AR. You use Wipe-Out Tactical Advantage. The foaming stuff is great for bolt guns and AKs.

Sounds pretty neat.
https://shop.windhamweaponry.com/product/cleaner-tacadv/

How does it compare to Simple Green for cutting carbon?

Getting back to the OP, I question whether or not it helps accuracy to be cleaned to bare steel or if it would be better left at almost clean.

I don’t count the rounds....just clean when the impulse hits me. If the rifle gets shot a great deal.....likely, the impulse would hit me more often. If I detect a drop-off in accuracy, a thorough cleaning is my first step to find the reason. Obviously, if I have a rifle that has proven to be sensitive to a fouled bore.....it gets a regular cleaning! memtb