I use Sweets to clean the copper out of my rifles after every session.
Is the 15 Min. rule about leaving the solvent in the barrel per application or per cleaning session?
What happens to the solvent that is bad for the barrel during the time span?
How do you tell when your bore is clean? As in "if the third patch after brushing comes out clean" or "a patch used to scrub the bore with solvent comes out clean".
After the carbon is cleaned out I have been getting out the copper by scrubbing with Butches after soaking the bore with Sweets for a few minutes until a scrubing patch came out fairly clean. Yesterday I cleaned with the butches until the carbon fouling was gone and the switched to Sweets only. I scrubbed the bore with a brush three 10 stroke sessions and never did get a really clean scrubbing patch out of the bore. I did notice a blue buildup on the brush that I never got while mixing the cleaners in the bore.
Is the 15 Min. rule about leaving the solvent in the barrel per application or per cleaning session?
What happens to the solvent that is bad for the barrel during the time span?
How do you tell when your bore is clean? As in "if the third patch after brushing comes out clean" or "a patch used to scrub the bore with solvent comes out clean".
After the carbon is cleaned out I have been getting out the copper by scrubbing with Butches after soaking the bore with Sweets for a few minutes until a scrubing patch came out fairly clean. Yesterday I cleaned with the butches until the carbon fouling was gone and the switched to Sweets only. I scrubbed the bore with a brush three 10 stroke sessions and never did get a really clean scrubbing patch out of the bore. I did notice a blue buildup on the brush that I never got while mixing the cleaners in the bore.