Thread: Gun Cleaning

The logical link is choking of the barrel by fouling increases friction and hence pressure and so velocity.

For the same load reducing resistance down the barrel (mainly the throat) will lower pressure and velocity, there is millions of pages of info on this, its simple physics.

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We were always taught to remove oil from a barrel before it being fired.The reason given was that oil would vapourize and create rings in the bore. I have only once seen this sort of damage. It was in a 243 but I suspect the rings were caused by water rather than oil. Running a pullthru before a hunt is one those habits that are formed in the early years with possibly no foundation in fact.

Not vaporise but build up in front of the bullet eventually hydraulicly forcing the barrel out around the bullet and water/oil layer.

Most lubricants perform best when there is nary a trace of them Ie wet patch then a couple of dry.

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Like they say every legend is based on a grain of truth.

small animal/vet syringes to get the solvent out.... I have huge quantities.....had to inject pet rabbit for months.

Not a big overcleaner. (Dont get out enough dammit!)

Best oil/cleaner is FrogLube | The World's Only Complete Bio Based 'Green' Weapons Care system, Solvent and CLP USDA Approved is simply the bees knees. Amazing stuff and smells amazing too!

I am yet to try it but it is rated highly as a lube/corrosion inhibiter but I haven't read any reports on its ability as a barrel cleaner.

Originally Posted by 2gnscib

Not a big overcleaner. (Dont get out enough dammit!)

Best oil/cleaner is FrogLube | The World's Only Complete Bio Based 'Green' Weapons Care system, Solvent and CLP USDA Approved is simply the bees knees. Amazing stuff and smells amazing too!

and you can eat it.

I use frog lube a lot , I heat my barrles up with a heat gun and saturate a patch with frog lube , run it through and it gets microscopically embedded into the metal , once dry (overnight ) I run a nylon brush and dry patch thru , ... as I said above it ssems to make the lead less inclined to stick to the barrel , I also use it all over the outside of most of the metal parts .... and as banana said you can eat it ...... I have licked it

Originally Posted by Banana

and you can eat it.

Hmm.. Olive oil comes from olives and frog oil comes from???

Jojoba

Out of interest, how often does everone remove their actions & barrels from their stocks for cleaning the non accessible areas, for oiling etc to avoid potental rust...

Where I have free floating barrels I can get an oily rag around them, but in the case of my CZ which is hard into its stock it is not possible.
The same goes with AR-15's, does not seem to be an issue with the parkerized finsih barrels, but my NEA needs an occasional wipe down, hence rail needs to be removed for a barrel wipe down with an oily rag...

Just want to know what others do out there...
Thanks Grant

Originally Posted by grunzter

Out of interest, how often does everone remove their actions & barrels from their stocks for cleaning the non accessible areas, for oiling etc to avoid potental rust...

Where I have free floating barrels I can get an oily rag around them, but in the case of my CZ which is hard into its stock it is not possible.
The same goes with AR-15's, does not seem to be an issue with the parkerized finsih barrels, but my NEA needs an occasional wipe down, hence rail needs to be removed for a barrel wipe down with an oily rag...

Just want to know what others do out there...
Thanks Grant

Not that often, only if they have been out in the rain etc

I just spray CRC through the handguard.