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Post by letemgrow on Nov 14, 2014 6:16:31 GMT -5
How do you bh 209 shooters clean your barrels and do you do it each time right after you shoot?
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Post by ronlaughlin on Nov 14, 2014 8:44:30 GMT -5
My rifles are cleaned when i arrive home every time after the rifle has been shot. First, two dry patches are used, in and out, after the breech plug is removed. The first patch only on one side, the second on both sides. Then a patch soaked with solvent is run back and forth in the barrel. Then a brush wrapped with a patch is pushed into the breech plug threads, and unscrewed out. Then a dry patch is run in the barrel. Then another dry patch is run in the barrel, both sides. The rifle then is either put away, or put back into service.
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Post by bestill on Nov 15, 2014 0:04:38 GMT -5
Hoppes 9 works great as a cleaner. And also brakleen aerosol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 0:13:45 GMT -5
Ron's method of running a dry patch first is how I start also. It will get rid of the heavy fouling and make clean up easier using whatever solvent you use for your centerfire rifles. I always run a lightly coated patch of Montana Extreme Bore Conditioner after the bore has been cleaned.
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Post by bestill on Nov 15, 2014 10:11:20 GMT -5
What you all do between shoots at range? Same dry patch then wet then dry?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 11:05:29 GMT -5
I don't normally swab at the range when using BH209.
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Post by bestill on Nov 15, 2014 11:56:28 GMT -5
Are you shooting sabots or land rider
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2014 13:46:13 GMT -5
Are you shooting sabots or land rider Both. |
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Post by BOBinIN on Nov 26, 2014 16:35:06 GMT -5
I use alcohol on the patches instead of a solvent. When they come out clean, I dry patch the bore then I run a patch down the bore with "Johnson's Paste Wax" and put the gun away until next time. It works for me. At the range I just keep shooting, no need to clean between shots. Good luck out there. BOB
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Post by bestill on Nov 26, 2014 21:53:27 GMT -5
Bob , how many shots can you shoot without cleaning and still maintain accuracy
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Post by BOBinIN on Nov 27, 2014 9:08:54 GMT -5
Bob , how many shots can you shoot without cleaning and still maintain accuracy Honestly, I don't know! I have documented 12 shots in a row, that's my personal maximum, but all the loads went down the bore smoothly with no signs of needing the bore cleaned and no decrease in accuracy, from first to last. Do clean the gun when you get it home, but IMHO it's just not necessary while shooting. BOB |
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Post by hawghunter on Nov 27, 2014 21:31:25 GMT -5
Before I store any of my rifle including my muzzleloaders I use Iosso Bore Cleaner, spelled with a capital i. It's the best cleaner out there. Give it a try, clean your rifles till your patches comes out white, without a hint of fowling. Run a patched jag through your barrel a few times with Iosso bore cleaner and it will come out as black as when you started with your favorite cleaner.
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Post by triplese7en on Nov 28, 2014 8:45:40 GMT -5
I never use a jag to clean my barrels after range or hunting. I always use a wire brush, to get into spots a jag cannot reach.
I will look into your cleaner...... thanks.
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Post by triplese7en on Nov 28, 2014 8:54:51 GMT -5
I never use a jag to clean my barrels after range or hunting. I always use a wire brush, to get into spots a jag cannot reach. I will look into your cleaner...... thanks. I've been a fan of starting the barrel cleansing with Ballistol, then finishing with Breakfree CLP for many years. |
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