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Kroil and a bronze brush is key ...

[quote=ldholton]Kroil and a bronze brush is key ...[/quote

I thought so too until I bought a bore scope. Had to add Iosso to get baked on copper and carbon. The bore scope is an eye opener.

There are several chemical bore cleaners that do a very satisfactory job without the need for scrubbing.
That's my preference. I'll scrub a carbon ring is about all.

Witches Brew if you need it clean right now.

Quit the bronze brushes years ago. Nylon brushes are all I use now, when I need to scrub a bore. Kroil is good stuff but won’t remove copper fouling, you need a copper solvent for that.

There are FAR easier ways to get a completely, down to bare-steel bore these days. But whatever....

well I actually have a borescope. so in lightness on this..

lead and copper fouling is [bleep] not [bleep] to remove. fired over several times carbon is

I will Google this up..

There was a thread on this a few months ago. Wouldn't use it every 20 rounds, but seriously effective when needed in my .308 Kreiger for baked on carbon deposits.

btw I'm pretty much talking after the copper , lead and all is removed.. it's the hard carbon..

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come on somebody give me some information. I have hey borescope I see the results somebody telling me something that works better or faster I'm all ears...

I thought for sure after I went and took a shower and scrub my body clean and cleaned all the orifices better than a barrel that somebody would tell me how that was wrong. but nobody has..

You JB’d your cornhole with a 50 cal bore brush wrapped with a patch?

😂😂😂

leave it to you to come up with that idea , but not surprised
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CLR Nothing cleans carbon like that stuff. Then Patch Out for the copper.

If you have a bore scope, just believe your own eyes.

Two comments:

1) I've found it easier to use a carbon solvent to get most of it out, than brush it. One of the benefits of being a gun writer is cleaning-product manufacturers sometimes send me samples. The one I generally use KG1 Carbon Remover, but there are others.

2) Dan Lilja not only knows how to make great barrels, but also knows how to shoot rifles very well. He firmly believes that ALL carbon should NOT be removed when cleaning. You can find out why by going to his website and clicking on "Support" at the top of the page, then click on "Centerfire Maintenance" in the drop-down window.

I've been dousing mine with Kroil first, then Wipe Out for however long I decide to keep it in there. Seems to work for me.