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Old 07-29-2012, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by AyeGuy View Post
Technical question: what cleaning kits are you guys using to clean the bores of your SPRs?
Bore Snake with either Hoppes bore solvent or Remington bore past, followed by a few blasts of brake cleaner down the bore and gas tube. Before shooting I run another dry boresnake through just to make sure it's free of oil or crud in the bore. I don't sweat cleaning too much, just try to get as much carbon fouling out as possible. I used to be really OCD about cleaning. Bore guides, copper solvent, dozens of patches, etc. All it really got me was a rifle that would group inconsistently for the first 10 to 20 shots before it would settle in to a consistent point of aim and group size.
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