Is this cleaning video tutorial good or will wear down BBL rifling?

[DefiantDad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjenp2dRawM

I know hardly anything about cleaning right now so I am not sure what to do, not to do.

I was under the impression that too much (too aggressive) brushing can ruin the rifling and/or the crown. This video looks pretty aggressive, with back and forth brushing with the brass brush.

I have bore snakes for both 9mm and .223, which basically clean in one direction only. Is this sufficient? Or gimmicky? Do I need to get a "real" cleaning kit? Procedure is wet the tip of the bore snake with Hoppes 9, pull through, then wet the snake itself with CLP, and pull through again, and then that's finished. Is this sufficient cleaning?

I just don't want to screw up the barrels.

 

[ogree]

You won't screw up the barrels using bore brushes.

Get yourself a one piece Dewey coated cleaning rod, the appropriate jag & adapter for the bronze bore brushes you use (stay away from nylon or stainless brushes) and your choice of patches & solvent.
It is always a good idea to clean the bore from the chamber end if possible.

You will get many suggestions as to what is the best solvent and oil to use....they all work to one extent or another for fouling/lubrication.
When it comes to copper wash, I have tried many products to remove the copper fouling with little luck, then I discovered a product called "Wipe Out".........the stuff just plain works.
It is a foaming copper remover so you will have to plug one end of the barrel, I use rubber stoppers. There is a company called http://www.widgetco.com/ that sells them in different sizes.

Bore snakes are just another gadget that sounds like good idea, but leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to getting your barrel clean.
Besides.......the bore isn't the only part that needs to be cleaned on your firearm.

Good luck.

 

[DefiantDad]

ok thanks

 

[chuckpro]

Bore snakes have there place and can be a great tool for in between deep cleanings. I don't always clean my guns every time i shoot them but will usually run a bore snake through them. As mentioned above stick with the bronze or brass bore brush on a good rod. One of my most accurate guns i have is an old 700 that i have had since i was a kid and cleaned with very pore technique fore several years and still shoots like a dream. As fare as products you will probable purchase a shelf of them until you find one you like. I have tried several and have gone back to CLP.

As fare as copper fouling the ones that use a stopped in one in end of the barrel and fill the other end of the barrel up and let it sit over night seem to have worked for me in the past. I don't remember the name of it but it was a pretty nasty chemical. This is something you don't have to do very ofter. Unless you shoot a lot.

 

[DefiantDad]

Is there any benefit to:

1) using a one-piece rod as opposed to ones where you screw 2 or 3 sections together?

2) using a PLASTIC rod as opposed to a metal one?

3) scrubbing in only one direction (from breech toward muzzle?)?

Thanks

 

[jdownj]

One piece for cleaning rifles... you dont know true pain until you are cleaning a long bore rifle and a rod unscrews...

 

[DefiantDad]

I see. Thanks!

 

[Nullcone]

1) using a one-piece rod as opposed to ones where you screw 2 or 3 sections together?

2) using a PLASTIC rod as opposed to a metal one?

3) scrubbing in only one direction (from breech toward muzzle?)?

1. Yes, if it's not a 1 piece I'm not using it. Use a bore snake instead of a segmented one (but don't get it stuck either).

2. No, grit gets embedded in soft materials (plastic, Al, some say even brass). Get a Dewey or similar quality 1 piece w/ ball bearings. I imagine someone is making a carbon fiber rod by now, that would be ok too.

3. I've heard don't reverse direction in the bore, and reversing anywhere redeposits crud. My take is if you aren't reversing somewhere you aren't really "scrubbing". Much depends on fit of brush/jag to bore here... do what you will.

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

I just wish my lee enfield was cleaned half as good.