I use the Colt suplied parkerised steel rod and break free clp. I'm careful about not scratching the bore.
I do use a bore-guide when cleaning my Browning A-bolt .270 deer rifle.
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I use the Colt suplied parkerised steel rod and break free clp. I'm careful about not scratching the bore.
I do use a bore-guide when cleaning my Browning A-bolt .270 deer rifle.
The steel cleaning rod I have is crap. That is partly why I have only used it a few times.
My technique with it now is this:
Get a size of paper towel that will fit down the bore fine, and push it through with the rod.
Could that cause any damage? I do not see how possibly could.
OP, since the 1970s, I've cleaned many, many firearms using a variety of methods. The Otis kit is great for light duty cleaning. The Dewey coated rods are excellent for everything else, although I use a Dewey brass rod for cleaning handgun barrels. I make sure to use a bore guide when cleaning my precision rifles, AR-10s, and M4 style carbines with stainless or match grade barrels. I generally don't use a bore guide for my ARs that have chrome-lined barrels. The only barrels that I have seen ruined through poor cleaning practices were on surplus rifles from the DCM/CMP.
I would recommend that you try a bore guide, at the least for peace of mind.
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Peace of mind with my rifle is worth the small cost of good gun cleaning gear, so a bore guide and non-scratching cleaning rod are being bought today.
Thanks all for the advice on what to buy too.
I highly recomend ordering these needle oiler bottles to use for applying solvent to patches and lube to those hard to reach places on your firearms.
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod20180.aspx
Train 2 Win
I'm just curious how many of you actually clean the bores on your chrome-lined AR's.
For me...BCG, yes. Bore...no.
On a precision rifle with an SS barrel...that's a different story. A coated Dewey rod, brass attachments, and a bore guide.
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Chrome lined or not, I clean my sporting rifles every 1,000 rounds, sometimes more. I dont' touch the bolt and carrier unless I start having malfunctions and then I only wipe them off with a rag and oil them. I keep the gas rings and bolt carrier oiled up and shoot the daylights out of it.
On precision barrels, I clean when I see accuracy falling off. Sometimes it's at 100 rounds and sometimes it's at 300 rounds. When I shot moly coated bullets, I never cleaned a match barrel.
Train 2 Win
Bore guide, the industries way to get a few more bucks out of your pocket.![]()
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