Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters What do teflon based lubes do in the bore?

Sounds most logical Ruger. I figured you checked for copper already - but glad I asked anyway. You know plaine old paste wasx is great for the exterior and peraps you just need to run a dry patch or two before going to the range. One suggestion if I may, look for a good dessicant and keep it with you rifle. It will remove the moisture and reduce rhe rust and reduce the need for oil that much oil (as you probably already know). Something like this might be a cheap solution http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=183876

I know a lot of folks here have more experience than I do. I certainly hope that nothing you are using is gumming up and leaving deposits in there. I'll tell you what I do, maybe something will help, or maybe you can tell me if I'm doing something wrong myself.


I had a nice sit down with my gunsmith a long time ago and he showed me how to clean a gun. He (I) use(s) Remington Bore Cleaner. It's water based and gray. It's a physical (non-chemical) cleaner, but he assured me it is non - abrasive. I push a soaked patch through say five times, then I soak another and push it through, say five times and so on until the patches don't come out black any more. Then I use Butch's Boreshine, and make sure that patch comes out clean. Then I run a clean dry patch through and leave it at that. I have cleaned all my rifles in such a manner for 20+ years and they are always spotless when I bring them in for work. He likes to borescope them to see how I'm doing. The last one I brought him, he said looked like it had been lapped. I use Ballistol for exterior surfaces and general lubrication, and Shooter's Choice grease (red grease in syringe) on logs and double barrel hinges and such. I have Dewey cleaning rods and MTM chamber guides.