Wondering about my barrel cleaning procedure...thought I'd ask some experts!!!
Procedure:
1. Using a rod guide, coated rod, and patch....I soak the patch then push it through the barrel from chamber side....I remove the dirty patch once it exits the muzzle....put another patch on....soak that....pull it through....and remove the rod guide & rod. Let it soak a minute or two.
Purpose....to wet the barrel with cleaner (using Winchester Gun Cleaner...less thick than others) to loosen/dissolve carbon.
2. I then use a Sage & Braker bore snake with the front area (about an inch) soaked in the same gun cleaner. The bore snake contains the brass wire brush appropriate for the barrel size. I run it through 3 to 4 times.
3. I then use a separate Sage & Baker bore snake, with NO WIRE BRUSH, soaked in proper oil/lubricant in two spots, in the front, on the bore snake (about an inch each). I run that through the barrel 2 to 3 times.
4. Check the barrel with light at one end and see a mirror finish throughout.
Concern: Cleaners, CLP's, lubricants, what have you, CAN "walk" in areas and openings if one uses too much. At least on handguns....thus, why I use a soaked pathc vs spraying it directly on the handgun.
Thus, my question is regards to the opening in the barrel to the gas block....which operates the bolt. Has anyone experienced their cleaner while using patches (or if you spray into your barrel with cleaner...I use patches), or lubricant, eventually helping to cause a carbon buildup in that space/opening from the barrel to the gas tube (due to the CLP)? Is this ever an issue? Should I change any of my cleaning procedures to limit this?
Excuse my ignorance in this....I am newer to rifles than I am to handguns and have little experience with the way they cycle. Do know that opening is pretty small and cleaning it would not be something I would want to undertake as you would have to dissemble the gas block to do so.
Thanks any thoughts on this!!!
Procedure:
1. Using a rod guide, coated rod, and patch....I soak the patch then push it through the barrel from chamber side....I remove the dirty patch once it exits the muzzle....put another patch on....soak that....pull it through....and remove the rod guide & rod. Let it soak a minute or two.
Purpose....to wet the barrel with cleaner (using Winchester Gun Cleaner...less thick than others) to loosen/dissolve carbon.
2. I then use a Sage & Braker bore snake with the front area (about an inch) soaked in the same gun cleaner. The bore snake contains the brass wire brush appropriate for the barrel size. I run it through 3 to 4 times.
3. I then use a separate Sage & Baker bore snake, with NO WIRE BRUSH, soaked in proper oil/lubricant in two spots, in the front, on the bore snake (about an inch each). I run that through the barrel 2 to 3 times.
4. Check the barrel with light at one end and see a mirror finish throughout.
Concern: Cleaners, CLP's, lubricants, what have you, CAN "walk" in areas and openings if one uses too much. At least on handguns....thus, why I use a soaked pathc vs spraying it directly on the handgun.
Thus, my question is regards to the opening in the barrel to the gas block....which operates the bolt. Has anyone experienced their cleaner while using patches (or if you spray into your barrel with cleaner...I use patches), or lubricant, eventually helping to cause a carbon buildup in that space/opening from the barrel to the gas tube (due to the CLP)? Is this ever an issue? Should I change any of my cleaning procedures to limit this?
Excuse my ignorance in this....I am newer to rifles than I am to handguns and have little experience with the way they cycle. Do know that opening is pretty small and cleaning it would not be something I would want to undertake as you would have to dissemble the gas block to do so.
Thanks any thoughts on this!!!
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