I've heard that an aluminum cleaning rod can damage rifling. All my barrels are stainless, but my next gun will have a blued barrel. I was wondering what you folks might think. I find if hard to believe that aluminum will hurt it since it is softer than steel, but I don't know for sure.
Also, what kind of solvents have you used and had good success with? I use Birchwood Casy(sp?) Nitro solvent for the copper fouling, then Hoppes solvent after that. Then I dry it good and then run some CLP down it and store it. However, every time I go to shoot, a strong ammonia smells hangs around for the first couple of shots. Is that normal?
Thanks ahead of time.
Also, what kind of solvents have you used and had good success with? I use Birchwood Casy(sp?) Nitro solvent for the copper fouling, then Hoppes solvent after that. Then I dry it good and then run some CLP down it and store it. However, every time I go to shoot, a strong ammonia smells hangs around for the first couple of shots. Is that normal?
Thanks ahead of time.