I'm gonna do, I'm not happy but I'm gonna do it!

[chaser_2332]

It has finally come the time to clean my barrel, it has slightly over 2000rds through it and has finally started to open up to around to around 3/4-1moa. I had this barrel put on earlier this year after switching from 260 to 6mm creedmoor. I'm gonna scrub it up and get it back to where it needs to be for the match in FL in a few weeks.

Specs
Defiance action
Manners t4a
Bartlein barrel
Timney flat trigger
Thunderbeast 30p1
Surgeon DBM.

 

[Outlaw Man]

A fan of the "let the gun shoot itself clean" philosophy?

Nice rifle. Let us know how it responds to the cleaning - first shot when absolutely clean as well as how long it takes to settle back in to the way it was shooting before (if it takes any).

How do you like the Creedmore compared to the 260?

 

[chaser_2332]

I have never cleaned any of my match rifles until it was absolutely a must. I'm a fan of the 6cm. GAP is building me another one for my 2014 match gun. I'm going to stay with it for a while I have 3 more bartleins waiting to be chambered in it when the time comes.

 

[taliv]

that is awesome. i love that gun too. bolt is on wrong side, but otherwise it's exactly what i like.

 

[chaser_2332]

Gave it a slight cleaning the copper creek ammo is going right where its supposed to........ Back to normal, here is the first 5 shots.

 

[slicksleeve]

That is the largest quarter I have ever seen!

 

[back40]

nice rifle and shooting! what glass are you using?

what exactly do you mean by "slight cleaning"?

 

[Boostedtwo]

Good looking rifle, wouldnt mind builidng one like that myself.

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

another internet target without a range given

 

[chaser_2332]

It's a bushnell DMR with g2 retical. Ran some patches through to clean a little copper and carbon, so I was able to measure the lands correctly.

 

[chaser_2332]

100yds, isn't that's given on centerfire groups?

 

[NeuseRvrRat]

no. you never know on here until you ask.

 

[Markm87]

That is the largest quarter I have ever seen!

You get them at the gag gift stores and such.

what exactly do you mean by "slight cleaning"?

I do this in perpetuity. Just clean a little of the fouling out... then remove some of the copper fouling with Bore Tech Cu2. This way I knock down some build up, but don't have to foul back in for a bunch of rounds.

 

[Potatohead]

another internet target without a range given

I wondered the same.

 

[chaser_2332]

this was the first time it has been cleaned and probably the last for the life of the barrel.

 

[Clayne_b]

I agree Chaser 2332

Had a .308 with 1700 on it since cleaning, and it still shot in the .3s

Good looking rifle and group! Now go win a match!

 

[chaser_2332]

thanks clayne, I have followed some of your post u have an awesome place to shoot. You should come out and shoot some of the PRS matches with taliv and i

 

[MtnCreek]

Very nice rifle.

Have you had to clean the suppressor?

 

[chaser_2332]

I have never cleaned the can. I don't shoot the can in matches tho. I really want to, but the style we shoot I really don't want to add any length to the gun. I normally just run my brake for matches.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

From the "don't clean it" camp:

I take a middle road. I'll clean, but then I'll shoot immediately until the bullets are hitting point-of-aim again.

Then again, all my rifles are working guns. Nothing so fine as that rifle above. I want one... with the handle on the proper side, of course.

Regards,

Josh

 

[MCMXI]

Not cleaning a rifle is a luxury that some don't have. If you live in dry states where humidity is low then sure, why clean? But leaving carbon in the barrel or myriad other elements from powder and primers in an environment where high humidity is the norm isn't a good idea from a corrosion standpoint. Carbon makes for a strong cathode and a barrel can pit when stored dirty under those conditions. I had to replace two barrels due to pitting so now I pass an oiled patch or two through the barrel when I'm done shooting to remove carbon fouling. When I move north in a few weeks I'll still pass an oiled patch through the barrel.

 

[chaser_2332]

this in very much a working gun, not in the LEO/military roll but a match rifle. It is in no way used lightly. As a matter of fact the best part of the rig is the giant bushnell knobs can be jammed into rocks and barricades for a solid position, as well at the lip on the bottom of the surgeon DBM.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

1858,

I don't consider what you are doing as "cleaning". A bore snake is excellent for what you describe.

In certain rifles, I do remove the brush on the snake though. Mainly rimfire.

When I clean, I mean full field strip, with every fifth time or so detail stripping.

I guess, what constitutes cleaning?

Regards,

Josh

 

[MCMXI]

I guess, what constitutes cleaning?

Good point!! When someone says that they don't clean their rifle, I take it to mean that they do nothing with the rifle after shooting it.

 

[Warp]

Good point!! When someone says that they don't clean their rifle, I take it to mean that they do nothing with the rifle after shooting it.

I wouldn't count adding lube as cleaning.

In my mind, cleaning a firearm means that something (dirt, carbon, crud, copper, whatever) is removed from the firearm. Adding lube is just that, and is not cleaning.

A lot of firearms can go a long while with nothing at all, or nothing other than some lube here and there.