My rem 700 30.06 only has about 60-80 rounds through it (ever). Upon cleaning it (every 20 rnds). I noticed the thin grooves in the rifling (maybe wrong terminology-I mean the raised part of the rifling) were copper colored after cleaning. I had done a standard hoppes #9 prior to a tiny bit of lube. So I tried some hoppes copper solvent, let sit for about 45 min and removed. It was no better for the copperish lines and the patch wasn't all green like I have experienced with my mini-14. So I broke out my lead remover patch (usually used on stainless revolvers to take off powder/lead stains) this did remove about 50-60% of the copper on the rifling.
So is this copper stuff normal? I was using some of the korean surplus (the non corrosive kind) ammo. Does this affect accuracy and what is a good way to remove this copper crap. Thanks
So is this copper stuff normal? I was using some of the korean surplus (the non corrosive kind) ammo. Does this affect accuracy and what is a good way to remove this copper crap. Thanks