A better bore cleaner?
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A better bore cleaner?
The bore of my 1911 wad gun barrel gets really filthy with 100 rounds of Federal Match SWC's or Zero similar ammo. I'm using Mil-Comm MC50 bore cleaner and leaving it soak the bore for 30 minutes before using a copper bore brush to clean it. It takes several applications, brushings and almost 20 patches altogether to get the crap out of the grooves. I like to clean my pistol with each extensive use, but the time it takes because of the bore cleaning is ridiculous.
Can someone recommend a better bore cleaner?
Can someone recommend a better bore cleaner?
tvphotog- Posts : 36
Join date : 2018-03-11
Re: A better bore cleaner?
VFG felt pellets and IOSSO bore cleaner. If you have a problem with lead or copper get the super intensive pellets.
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Re: A better bore cleaner?
Odd...I shoot several hundred before breaking down to clean and shoot bullseye and LSWC. I use the Hopes Elite Spray and a few payches over a brass brush. Cleans easy.
Tim:H11- Posts : 2133
Join date : 2015-11-04
Age : 36
Location : Midland, GA
Re: A better bore cleaner?
If you have copper issues try boretech eliminator.. several benchrest friends put me on it..
Hoppe's mixed 50/50 with Kroil works great for most other issues
Hoppe's mixed 50/50 with Kroil works great for most other issues
jglenn21- Posts : 2620
Join date : 2015-04-07
Age : 76
Location : monroe , ga
Re: A better bore cleaner?
Looks good on Brownell's.Wile E Coyote wrote:VFG felt pellets and IOSSO bore cleaner. If you have a problem with lead or copper get the super intensive pellets.
tvphotog- Posts : 36
Join date : 2018-03-11
Re: A better bore cleaner?
Just a thank you to all who wrote in to answer. Brownell's was out of the IOSSO cleaner and they recommended their J-B cleaner and the VFG swabs. The swabs were on back-order so I improvised. I also got some Kroil.
The gun is a 1911. Normally the barrel was built up with a greasy fouling at the chamber face, chamber ramp and in the grooves of the bore. It took a nylon spudger and a drop of oil to scrape the barrel feed ramp, then a bronze brush to the ramp and outside edges to get them clean. Same with the frame feed ramp, and that needed a paste polish to get it completely clean. The bore grooves wouldn't clean up completely even after passing a liquid bore-cleaner-wet bronze brush on a cleaning rod through a dozen times. I settled with leaving some dirt in the barrel.
Today, I swabbed the bore with Kroil as well as the chamber and frame ramps and chamber edges, and set the barrel aside. When I picked it up fifteen minutes later, I was able to clean the ramp and chamber edges with only a patch and some finger pressure. Same with the frame ramp, which made it mirror-bright.
For the bore, I used a snake with J-B on the brush, gun solvent, then oil behind that on the fabric. I pulled the brush back and forth about 5 times, then pulled the rest of the snake through. The barrel was spotless, even with a bore light! It all took less than 5 minutes rather than the previous 15 minutes and a still-dirty bore as a result.
Any other tough spots on the gun cleaned up with one swipe of a Kroil patch. I tossed out my liquid bore cleaner. Now it's a pleasure to quickly clean up the gun after Bullseye work at the range.
The gun is a 1911. Normally the barrel was built up with a greasy fouling at the chamber face, chamber ramp and in the grooves of the bore. It took a nylon spudger and a drop of oil to scrape the barrel feed ramp, then a bronze brush to the ramp and outside edges to get them clean. Same with the frame feed ramp, and that needed a paste polish to get it completely clean. The bore grooves wouldn't clean up completely even after passing a liquid bore-cleaner-wet bronze brush on a cleaning rod through a dozen times. I settled with leaving some dirt in the barrel.
Today, I swabbed the bore with Kroil as well as the chamber and frame ramps and chamber edges, and set the barrel aside. When I picked it up fifteen minutes later, I was able to clean the ramp and chamber edges with only a patch and some finger pressure. Same with the frame ramp, which made it mirror-bright.
For the bore, I used a snake with J-B on the brush, gun solvent, then oil behind that on the fabric. I pulled the brush back and forth about 5 times, then pulled the rest of the snake through. The barrel was spotless, even with a bore light! It all took less than 5 minutes rather than the previous 15 minutes and a still-dirty bore as a result.
Any other tough spots on the gun cleaned up with one swipe of a Kroil patch. I tossed out my liquid bore cleaner. Now it's a pleasure to quickly clean up the gun after Bullseye work at the range.
tvphotog- Posts : 36
Join date : 2018-03-11
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