Re: When do you clean your rifle barrel.
I use Gunslick Foaming Bore Cleaner. It is a very quick, simple, and highly effective cleaning method. I believe it is probably also the method which goes easiest on the bore.
It's so easy, it begs the question, why not clean?
But I have a better reason to clean than that. Oxygen, bore fouling, and atmospheric moisture are not kind to bore surfaces, and can enjoin to produce galvanic corrosion, or what a lot of folks call pitting.
Over short periods, such activity is probably negligible, but over weeks, maybe not so negligible.
So the real question becomes one of how long a fouled bore is left unused and unattended.
If I know I'm going to be shooting again within a couple of weeks, I may forego the cleaning. If I'm not quite so sure, I'll probably at least oil the bore. If I'm anticipating a long layup, I'll clean and oil.
I'll swab out most of the oil just before firing again.
Greg
I use Gunslick Foaming Bore Cleaner. It is a very quick, simple, and highly effective cleaning method. I believe it is probably also the method which goes easiest on the bore.
It's so easy, it begs the question, why not clean?
But I have a better reason to clean than that. Oxygen, bore fouling, and atmospheric moisture are not kind to bore surfaces, and can enjoin to produce galvanic corrosion, or what a lot of folks call pitting.
Over short periods, such activity is probably negligible, but over weeks, maybe not so negligible.
So the real question becomes one of how long a fouled bore is left unused and unattended.
If I know I'm going to be shooting again within a couple of weeks, I may forego the cleaning. If I'm not quite so sure, I'll probably at least oil the bore. If I'm anticipating a long layup, I'll clean and oil.
I'll swab out most of the oil just before firing again.
Greg