Ok folks, corrosive ammo is not all that hard to live with. First you have to know what makes it corrosive. The residue itself IS NOT CORROSIVE. The problem is that that older primer chemicals used to leave salt crystsals in the barrel. These crystals in turn attract moisture which in turn reacts with the bore and makes rust.
Thus your cleaning problem is the removal of said crystals. This can be done either with a chemical cleaner designed for it (anything ammonia based will disolve them, Windex with ammonia works, I prefer Sweets 7.62) or by just pouring hot water down the barrel which disolves the salts and flushes them out. If you use really hot water, it will even dry itself as the warmed up barrel will make the last of the water evaportate.
Personally I prefer using Sweets, and I do it on the range. I run a patch soaked in Sweets through the gun a couple of times while the gun is still hot and let it sit while I clean up after myself, collect targets and such. Then run a brush through a couple of times and a few clean patches. Never had a bore rust. I shoot a lot of the corrosive dirty turk 8mm ammo. If you clean you rifle while still warm, it is a lot easier to get all the crud out, plus your significant other won't bitch about the smell of chemicals if you clean your gun on the range and I don't have to worry about getting the wood stock wet as I would while cleaning the bore with water.
YMMV
Loch
Thus your cleaning problem is the removal of said crystals. This can be done either with a chemical cleaner designed for it (anything ammonia based will disolve them, Windex with ammonia works, I prefer Sweets 7.62) or by just pouring hot water down the barrel which disolves the salts and flushes them out. If you use really hot water, it will even dry itself as the warmed up barrel will make the last of the water evaportate.
Personally I prefer using Sweets, and I do it on the range. I run a patch soaked in Sweets through the gun a couple of times while the gun is still hot and let it sit while I clean up after myself, collect targets and such. Then run a brush through a couple of times and a few clean patches. Never had a bore rust. I shoot a lot of the corrosive dirty turk 8mm ammo. If you clean you rifle while still warm, it is a lot easier to get all the crud out, plus your significant other won't bitch about the smell of chemicals if you clean your gun on the range and I don't have to worry about getting the wood stock wet as I would while cleaning the bore with water.
YMMV
Loch