Is their a way to clean a dirty rifle bore really fast?

Answer 1

A boresnake would do a good job. You might have to run it several times through the bore, depending on how dirty the bore is.

Answer 2

This is one of those "great debate" topics you can get into with rifles. Most of the time I clean my rifles after shooting so that I don't have nitrates and hydrocarbons from burnt powder in my barrels collecting moisture and causing corrosion,especially bad because dissimilar metals can cause electro-galvanic corrosion quickly given the chance. So, I clean and oil the barrel and then before shooting I'll run a cloth up to remove the oil coating. I'm hand loading too, so I have to clean between sets to get proper results when I have a new load to work with. To me, having the clean barrel makes sense and I've not seen much change in Point of Impact between what would be a "Fouling Shot" and normal groups as long as the barrel has been wiped clean. These are just hunting rifles,not target rigs,but I get 5 shot groups at .750 inch most every day with my 30-06. Some rifles do perform better with a fouling,but others don't seem to matter. As for your two groups,it might depend on how many total shots the Remington has through it--I know some guys use 4 shots a year--3 to sight in and one to hunt with--or that he has a cartridge/bullet load that matches his rifle more than your does. With factory ammo I was getting close to 2 inch groups, so it pays to look at different loads.

Answer 3

If its a blackpowder , I simply use a good combo off brushes and dawn dishwashing liquid and hot water ( dry very well afterwards), For a centerfire rifle there are a number of good products , I use Hoppes nitro solvent soaked patch followed by a good scrubbing with a brass or copper brush and continue until you can run a soaked patch through the barrel and it comes out clean, once again run a couple dry patches through to dry the barrel , then lightly coat a patch in Rem Oil and make a few passes, and you should be good to go.

Answer 4

I use gun scrubber solvent and a bore snake to clean all of my guns. What you do is you shoot some bore scrubber solvent down through the barrel breach end first, and then with the boresnake, you drop the weight all the way through the barrel and pull the rope through. If the gun is really dirty, you might have to make a few passes with the boresnake.

Answer 5

If you shoot cast lead bullets you definitely cannot speed cleaning up very much. The cast lead bullets generally leave thick lead fouling which will require a lot of bore brush usage in addition to solvent and patches.

If you use jacketed bullets and don't shoot a whole lot, generally you can get away with just a couple patches and solvent. The biggest determining factor here is how clean burning the powder is. The cleaner burning it is, the less work you will have to do. However the exceptions start when you use corrosive surplus ammo. If you use it, then you need to use a water based solvent or water itself to remove the corrosive salts. Then you can proceed to cleaning as normal.

So the key here is jacketed bullets with clean burning smokeless powder and non-corrosive primers will leave you with less combustion byproducts, thus reducing cleaning time.

Answer 6

I personally use a Boresnake and some Break-Free CLP (cleaner, lubricant, protectant). Take the Boresnake and spray the lube on the 2 or so inches before the brush bristles as well as on the loop at the end. Run this through your barrel 2-3 times or more if its really dirty. This way, it only takes about 5 minutes to clean your gun. (My buddy used to be a sniper in the Marine Corps and he used this cleaning technique in the service)

You can find the Boresnake at http://www.eabco.com/BorSnake.html

and the Break-Free lubricant at http://www.break-free.com/

Answer 7

A good spray of "Gun Scrubber" and a Bore Snake.Works in a pinch. I use it often out in the field or at Matches and Competitions, until I can get home and clean them throughly ....

Answer 8

I use Blue Wonder gun solvent. It cleans EVERYTHING out of the barrel near as I can tell. Its kind of expensive but I am highly impressed with it. It does take a few minutes to soak in the barrel, but once you clean it out it will be well worth the wait.

Answer 9

Boresnake by Hoppes

Answer 10

If it's powder fouling, a good solvent cleaner
will do a good quick job.
If it's metal fouling, (copper or lead), settle down
cause you've either got some scrubbing to do or
a wait for a metal cleaning chemical to work.