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#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: michigan
Posts: 107
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well i decided to take all the babys out of the barn and givem a good clean and lube dang my 742 was pullin blue fer a hour !!!! i have been useing a bore snake with faith it was cleaning it but i can see different any good procedures on autos ?
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 332
Blue is copper. IMO, copper build up is the major reason for pitting as copper oxidizes before steel.
I say throw away the snake. They are useless. Get a decent cleaning rod like dewey or tipton, and with a good coated cleaning jag from tipton. Get a decent copper remover like sweets, or CR10. I would suggest wipeout but the foaming action isn't good for autos that use gas recoil.
I say throw away the snake. They are useless. Get a decent cleaning rod like dewey or tipton, and with a good coated cleaning jag from tipton. Get a decent copper remover like sweets, or CR10. I would suggest wipeout but the foaming action isn't good for autos that use gas recoil.
#4
X2. Nothing beats a good, complete cleaning, but the snake's are pretty handy in a pinch. Good for swiping a barrel on the range and sighting in as well.
#5
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: michigan
Posts: 107
yep got the blues
thanks fer the replys guys , it dose seem the snake is as good as gone , but as suggested i think i will keep it for rainy day hunts , a golden rule a snake a day keeps the rust away ,and thats about it , the only reason i bought that snake in the grass is i didnt want to wack the crown did that done that and had to retire good iron , but that was before re crowning as invented dang i feel old lol
Last edited by polaris754; 05-02-2011 at 04:28 PM.
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 204
The only other advice I could add to what has already been said is to add a nylon or bronze bore brush to help remove the copper fouling. Also make sure that you remove all the amonia cleaners (cr-10, sweets etc) really well or you will ruin the bore.
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Maryland
Posts: 332
Here's my issues with the bore snake. About the only thing its good for, is to put oil or kroil on and pull thru several times. It gets out the powder residue, but thats about it. And then you have to wash the thing in dawn or something.
If you try to put sweets, or CR10 on them and clean, you will end up with a big mess. If you don't keep with dish washing liquid to get out the powder residue, your basically dragging the same crap thru a gun.
If you try to put sweets, or CR10 on them and clean, you will end up with a big mess. If you don't keep with dish washing liquid to get out the powder residue, your basically dragging the same crap thru a gun.
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,329
Here's my issues with the bore snake. About the only thing its good for, is to put oil or kroil on and pull thru several times. It gets out the powder residue, but thats about it. And then you have to wash the thing in dawn or something.
If you try to put sweets, or CR10 on them and clean, you will end up with a big mess. If you don't keep with dish washing liquid to get out the powder residue, your basically dragging the same crap thru a gun.
If you try to put sweets, or CR10 on them and clean, you will end up with a big mess. If you don't keep with dish washing liquid to get out the powder residue, your basically dragging the same crap thru a gun.
I run my snakes dry. I've probably used my snakes maybe 5 times each. Like I said just in those times where cleaning isn't easy or you just want to dry the bore and knock and loose stuff out of there.
Tom