Cleaning updates?
A little over a year ago when I got my first Condor, the general consensus on cleaning a new barrel was to use a brush and JB Bore cleaner to clean and at the same to smooth the interior of the barrel.
I used patches instead, with a guide of course, everything turned out well and I had no other reason to clean it during the time I owned that barrel.
I sold that barrel, hard descision, and I now have a new 25 caliber LW barrel coming on Monday. On the yellow I read posts about cleaning and read that a brush and rod should be avoided and a crown saver used with patches and something like goof off or goo gone. I purchased some goof off, I have not found a Crown saver locally.
Has the current wisdon changed on cleaning?
While waiting for the barrel I decided to do some maintainence and mods on the Condor. I polished the valve stem inside and out, using first 600 grit and then compound from my Dremel kit, and then I pollshed the inside of the frame from breech to powerwheel, using 600 grit and then again progressed to the polishing wheel and pads along with the flex shafted Dremel I have owned for years.
I did the trigger mod, drilling and tapping the two screws and polished by breakng all the edges on all parts with 600 grit and then going to the Dremel and cotten wheel and green compound. But I also polished the sides of the trigger parts and the inside of the raceway for the trigger parts in the frame, then I polished the bearing surfaces of the trigger pins.
Not having a barrel to set up the trigger adjustments, I put a 3/4 inch dowel in the muzzel end of the frame to position the power wheel and spring and Subssonnic 115 grain hammer and stock breech. Then I was able to make the trigger adjustments with the adjusting set screws I added under spring pressure.
It looks sort of like a WW1 training rilfe with the dowel in it 😆
But again I digress, has the cleaning of a new barrel proceedure changed in the last year regarding JB and a brush?
Roachcreek
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Steve,
With the exceptions of M14’s Garands et al, where I can’t, yes I always clean from the breech and use a bore guide. On 1022’s I used to drill a hole in the end of the reciever to allow breech cleaning. An old gunsmith friend told my you could tell if the career owner of a Garand in the service was left or right handed by the wear on the last two inches of barrel.
So yes deffinately I am breech cleaner
Tom Gaylord stated in the PA write up about the Condor that they increased velocity by 50 FPS by doing the 20 stroke cleaning with a bronze bore brush and JB.
Rj Porter increased his velocity with an fine abrasive I believe.
One reply on the yellow said use cleaning pellets.
Right now I just want to remove the gunk from machining, unless someone tells me different, I suppose I will just do the JB treament with the bronze brush before I even install the barrel.
I used JB for years on PB’s but then on the PB’s and a new barrels I evolved to where I would do the shoot one round and clean method for 20 rounds, using 7.62 bore cleaner to clean with each shot, but that was letting jacketed bullets polish the barrel and the Ammonia in the 7.62 to strip each shots worth of coper fouling out.
Something that does not apply here at all.
And I have firelapped barrels, but only problem barrel, which hopefully this is not.
Just curious wisdom on this has changed in the last year or so, or the stuff I am reading ont he Yellow is personal preference.
Roachcreek
Hi RC, do you clean from the breech? I always clean from the breech, (when possible), which eliminates the necessity for a crown saver. I have heard both about the bore paste..use it, don’t use it. I use Break Free CLP with patches. That works for me.
Have a great day! 😀
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There are those who swear by JB bore paste. Go for it!