Moly Coating Barrels - Does it help ease fouling?

[Arch]

I have seen a couple of companies (like lymann) make a cream, or paste, that you can use to Moly coat the inside of your barrels. And of course they all claim superior accuracy, and reduced fouling. As far as molly coating bullets goes, I have spoken to a few rifle shooters, who belive that it makes little or no difference, and that moly residue is just harder to clean up than copper.

But has anyone Moly coated a pistol barel, and if so did it make any differences?

 

[Arch]

No ones done it?!?

I might do it as an experiment then, and post the results...

 

[mete]

I don't but it seems that those who use moly coated bullets are not happy about cleaning barrels .Another gimmick, forget it.

 

[Arch]

Excellent, I'll save my money then.

Thanks mate.

 

[bpisler]

I use moly coated cast bullets from
bear creek bullets.They are easier
to clean up after compared to plain
cast bullets.

 

[Arch]

Thanks for the comments.

I was more thinking of moly coating my .22 barrel, as that's a pain in the butt to clean (dirty batch of target rounds). It's not too bad with Winchester, but if it could be easier...

 

[Arch]

well people seem to have mixed feelings about moly...and to the handgunners it's largely a non-issue.

I found a particuarly informative page on molly:
http://www.varmintal.com/arelo.htm#Ms_Moly
Where the results show a decreace in accuracy when using molly.

But I see no real advantage in using it for pistols, seems like too much hassel...

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I was more thinking of moly coating my .22 barrel, as that's a pain in the butt to clean (dirty batch of target rounds).

Just out of curiosity, why do you clean your .22 barrel? Most people simply leave them alone.

 

[Reed1911]

I use moly for small bore (.17) but that is all. 22's and above I have seen no improvement. There is a catch to moly, if you are going to use it you need to only use moly coated bullets period. If you switch back and forth you'll gum up the barrel so bad you'll be cleaning for a long, long, long time. If you do decide to go back to regular bullets you will need to clean out all the moly, it will be an all day project so be prepared. Before going to moly you will need to get the barrel down to bare steel and you'll be better off using a conditioner.

Just out of curiosity, why do you clean your .22 barrel? Most people simply leave them alone

Ummm...only folks who care little for their rifles and little for accuracy don't clean their rifles. If that is offensive to you; you might need to practice a little more and clean a lot more.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Ummm...only folks who care little for their rifles and little for accuracy don't clean their rifles. If that is offensive to you; you might need to practice a little more and clean a lot more.

I know a lot of competitive shooters who clean only seasonally. A .22 barrel is not subjected to the kinds of fouling and stresses of a centerfire.

 

[JohnKSa]

Quit cleaning the bores on my rimfires awhile back. No problems so far.

I'm not suggesting that I'll NEVER clean them again, but I am saying that I haven't cleaned them in a couple of years and don't intend to clean them until I can tell accuracy is falling off. So far it's not--I won the last match I entered with one of my rimfires.

 

[Moonclip]

I have heard that cleaning a 22rimfires bore, especially improperly, sometimes causes more damage than no cleaning. I have been of late just usuing a bore snake usually and I figure that way I do not damage the muzzle crowns on my 22's. My Mod 63 S&W I had though, after about 750-1000rounds, if the bore/chambers were not cleaned, the bullets would keyhole somewhat.

 

[Arch]

Just out of curiosity, why do you clean your .22 barrel? Most people simply leave them alone.

Hi Vern,
I clean my .22 at the end of every week. I used to clean it after every range session, but that just takes to much time, so Sunday became cleaning .22 cleaning day..lol. I just clean it, mostly because it makes me feel better just getting all that crud out of there. Yeah, it's just one of those things I do, and that's ok that some don't. I have a pretty gentle cleaning regeme though, very very mild solvents, using patches on nylon weed wacker cord only. I never use a brush or a rod.

At the moment I have to clean it after every range session, as the ammo I am using, is incredibly filthy. The first few patches will just come out caked with lead, and the chamber gets so filthy, have difficulty in chambering propery after 100 rounds. I don't have this problem with Winchester, just PMX, and PMC ammo.

Moly Coaters,
Thanks for the replys, noone seems to be overly impressed by moly, and it seems like alot of work. I think I'll give it a miss.

Cheers Guys.

 

[wingman]

I tried moly on a springfield 45 couple years past ended up pitting the barrel,
while it didnt harm accuracy it sure looked ugly and I ended up replacing
barrel, so no more moly. A product I do now use in the barrel that over time
seems to aid in cleaning is FP10, I love it on 22's

 

[Vern Humphrey]

The first few patches will just come out caked with lead, and the chamber gets so filthy, have difficulty in chambering propery after 100 rounds.

What are you shooting?

I have two .22s that need cleaning -- a Ciener conversion kit and a Colt Service Ace kit. Other than that, I pretty much leave my .22s alone -- and remember a wise old sergeant who said, "More guns are worn out by cleaning than by shooting."

I have a Kimber M82 that I've put about 20 cases of ammo through -- around 100,000 rounds -- and I have probably cleaned its bore a dozen times. Mostly when I had nothing else to do.

 

[pauli]

i'm wondering what happened to the company that was going to be offering an extrude hone service for barrels. supposedly was producing a 50fps or so mv increase, along with easier cleaning.