Thread: Rifle cleaning 101 - school me!

I'll generally give my barrels a good clean after every competition - around every 100 shots.


This is how I do it - this is my lazy sequence.

Start of by wiping my cleaning rods to remove dust.
Bore guide in action.
Plastic bag over the scope.

I always start of by running a nylon brush soaked with Boretech Eliminator through my barrel a few times.
Let it sit for 10 minutes.
Repeat nylon brush with boretech
Let it sit over night
Next day: repeat nylon brush with Eliminator.
Followed by 3 patches soaked in Eliminator.
Dry patch or two.

If last patch still shows black/blue - repeat brush and Eliminator sequence.

Ill keep this up until the patches comes out clean.

Next up Ill clean the locking lug area and chamber with lighter fluid and the appropriate tools.

Before storing the gun I'll run a patch soaked with Balistol oil through the barrel and wipe the gun and scope down too.

Once a year I'll clean my barrels to the point where I dont seee any copper - looking down the barrel from the crown end.