Testing Tactical Advantage/IOSSO nylon brush on New Factory Barrel

[hps1]

Received a new factory rifle and after inspecting the bore w/bore scope, figured this is probably a great opportunity to give Tactical Advantage a thorough test. Bore was definitely not a Shillen or Hart, or a........ It had a healthy coating of copper and after a dozen or so strokes of JB paste, followed by TA revealed a number of shallow pits and scratches common to most factory barrels.

Decided to forego my usual barrel break in and try a different approach. Fired 29 rounds developing loads and getting a zero and scoped the bore. From left to right throat -->crown @ approximately 3" intervals --> gas port :

I then made 6-8 strokes w/IOSSO nylon brush wet w/Tactical Advantage and let it soak for one hour, then dry patched:

Not bad, most of copper was gone but some carbon fouling remained. Gas port came clean. Decided to give it ten strokes w/wet nylon brush and let it sit overnight then dry patched. (Since gas port came clean, omitted that photo on rest of the steps) :

Trace of copper left @ crown, most carbon gone except in the flaws in the bore. Probably should have stopped here, but in order to give the TA a full test.........continued next post---->https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...advantage-iosso-nylon-brush-continued.856666/

Regards,
hps

 

[hps1]

PS
I have to remind myself this is a hunting rifle, not a target barrel, but the blemishes in the bore seem to be polishing out a bit already.

 

[Chuck R.]

PS
I have to remind myself this is a hunting rifle, not a target barrel, but the blemishes in the bore seem to be polishing out a bit already.

Since I bought a bore scope I've been doing the same thing; trying different cleaning combinations and checking the results. I'm also really liking JB Bore Paste for those barrels with fouling issues. I've got a great little REM M7 in .260 that shoots great for about 20rds before fouling out, then took a solid 1/2 day to get the copper out. Bore looked like a couple miles of bad road. With JB it's down to a couple patches and with every cleaning it's getting better.

 

[hps1]

Since I bought a bore scope I've been doing the same thing; trying different cleaning combinations and checking the results. I'm also really liking JB Bore Paste for those barrels with fouling issues. I've got a great little REM M7 in .260 that shoots great for about 20rds before fouling out, then took a solid 1/2 day to get the copper out. Bore looked like a couple miles of bad road. With JB it's down to a couple patches and with every cleaning it's getting better.

JB is great for baked on carbon and speeds up carbon/copper fouling removal, but with the ability provided by bore scope to get a close look, I find myself using it less and less since finding Tactical Advantage.

Regards,
hps

 

[Walkalong]

I have been trying the Tactical Advantage I bought and so far so good, still learning how to use it, but it seemed like after the first time using it the second time the barrel cleaned up more easily, hard to say, but that was my first impression. Learning patience to let it work.

 

[hps1]

Learning patience to let it work.