Froglube paste on choke

[bigbearbear]

I like to clean my shotgun after my weekly shoot before putting it away, its a habit of mine. Thankfully, the Benelli SuperSport that I use is very easy to clean and the fact that the club where I shoot (Coyote Valley) provides a well stocked cleaning station makes things easier.

Most of the time, the choke is where I find carbon being caked on and it takes a little more effect to scrape them off.

Just for an experiment, I took a painter brush and applied some Froglube paste in the area on the choke where carbon usually accumulate and cake on (bottom part of the choke). I didn't wipe off the excess and just left the paste on the choke. I then went out and shoot 8 rounds of trap, using 8 boxes of Winchester Universal, they are some of the dirtiest shotshells you can feed into your shotgun and are sold in bulk boxes of 100 at Walmart.

I was half expecting this experiment to back fire, the Froglube paste will burn and create a biggest mess on the choke. I was pleasantly surprised to find that no caked on carbon appeared on the choke and a simple spray down with WD40 followed by paper towel was enough to clean the it.

Has anyone tried this or something similar to prevent caked on carbon on their choke?

[bug_eyedmonster]

I have tried what you mentioned, and it worked well to a certain degree. I coated the threads with a light layer of Frog Lube and also the tube itself with a light coat of the paste. I didn't have as much carbon build up, but I did have a hard time getting the plastic from the wads out just the same. I think it depends on the shotgun and the tubes, I didn't have that problem with my wife's gun, but it may have been simply because I shot more than she did.

Jerry

[Gutz]

This is why Froglube was made for. You lather it on after heating the metals, let it penetrate long enough and wipe of all excess. FL creates a slick surface and doesn't allow carbon to build up as much as a non FL'd firearm.