BSA1
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I have a MN 91/30 that I need advice about cleaning.
A little history. I have owned this gun for a long time but only shot it on a few occasions. I have never shot jacketed bullets through it and around 150 rounds of 200 gr. gas check lead bullets. The last time I shot was a couple of weeks for about 70 rounds total.
For the last couple of weeks I have been cleaning the barrel. I first cleaned the lead out with the Outters Foul Out system. I then started cleaning the copper with Shooters Choice letting the barrel soak overnight and following with the usual brass brush. The patches keep coming out blue.
I next switched to a product called Shooters Gel using the same wet patch and brass brush procedure. Now I am getting heavily fouled patches with dark gray/black residue and, interestingly, a brown residue. I am guessing I am slowly breaking through decades of military copper and powder fouling. For the record the barrel looks like it is in very good condition...no visible pits.
I now have switched back to Shooters Choice and letting the barrel soak again overnight.
I know that the cleaning solutions have been weakened by the EPA over the years. Are there more aggressive cleaning products or should I just continue with the time consuming procedure I am following now?
A little history. I have owned this gun for a long time but only shot it on a few occasions. I have never shot jacketed bullets through it and around 150 rounds of 200 gr. gas check lead bullets. The last time I shot was a couple of weeks for about 70 rounds total.
For the last couple of weeks I have been cleaning the barrel. I first cleaned the lead out with the Outters Foul Out system. I then started cleaning the copper with Shooters Choice letting the barrel soak overnight and following with the usual brass brush. The patches keep coming out blue.
I next switched to a product called Shooters Gel using the same wet patch and brass brush procedure. Now I am getting heavily fouled patches with dark gray/black residue and, interestingly, a brown residue. I am guessing I am slowly breaking through decades of military copper and powder fouling. For the record the barrel looks like it is in very good condition...no visible pits.
I now have switched back to Shooters Choice and letting the barrel soak again overnight.
I know that the cleaning solutions have been weakened by the EPA over the years. Are there more aggressive cleaning products or should I just continue with the time consuming procedure I am following now?