Flitz and MAAS for bore polishing

[Sergius]

Hi all, I have both Flitz and MAAS in paste form and wondered if it is okay to clean or polish your barrels with them? My only concern would be whether the polishes would wear the edges of the rifling. They both seem like they are not that abrasive. I don't know what type of abrasives they use in them, unfortunately.

If I were to use them to polish my barrels, I would imagine using either a patch or barrel mop.

Any thoughts or advice on using these products in the bore?

[hermosabeach]

No competitive shooter would do this....


If you want a super clean bore

Dry patch
Kroil on a patch wrapped around a brush.

Dry patches until clean

Jb bore compound on a patch wrapped around a brush

Back to clean patch

Repeat

[vliberatore]

I use heat and copper to polish my bore

[Sergius]

The bore is clean but I just want to reduce future fouling. I was thinking polishing the bore might help with that.

[AreWeFree]

The bore is clean but I just want to reduce future fouling. I was thinking polishing the bore might help with that.

Negative, just shoot the thing and be happy. Fouling isn't necessarily a 'bad thing.' Just run a few wet patches then dry patches when you're done shooting and make sure your chamber is clean then call it a day.

If your groups are consistent don't worry about fouling. If they are opening up and the accuracy drops off, it might be copper fouling, then it's time to remove it so you can re-foul the barrel with copper and reach an equilibrium.

[Sergius]

Negative, just shoot the thing and be happy. Fouling isn't necessarily a 'bad thing.' Just run a few wet patches then dry patches when you're done shooting and make sure your chamber is clean then call it a day.

If your groups are consistent don't worry about fouling. If they are opening up and the accuracy drops off, it might be copper fouling, then it's time to remove it so you can re-foul the barrel with copper and reach an equilibrium.

Sounds good, thanks for your advice. Guess I'll stick to what I've been doing.

[jpscoot_21]

You can ruin accuracy on a precision rifle with Flitz or JB paste. Use it sparingly.

[bountyhunter]

Hi all, I have both Flitz and MAAS in paste form and wondered if it is okay to clean or polish your barrels with them? My only concern would be whether the polishes would wear the edges of the rifling. They both seem like they are not that abrasive. I don't know what type of abrasives they use in them, unfortunately.

If I were to use them to polish my barrels, I would imagine using either a patch or barrel mop.

Any thoughts or advice on using these products in the bore?

I sometimes use chrome polish to clean the rifling of bores but only RARELY. There is no need to 100% clean the bores after use, a little fouling in the bores doesn't hurt anything.

What I learned from pro shooters on the Enos forum is they clean their guns ALWAYS and clean the bores RARELY, sometimes only once a season. The bullet will move out what it needs to.

FYI, most of the wear a bore gets in it's lifetime is from cleaning not shooting.

[JDay]

FYI, most of the wear a bore gets in it's lifetime is from cleaning not shooting.

That's a myth. What will damage the barrel is improper cleaning.

[RR.44]

I use simichrome on my barrels, afterwards they clean up in a snap, Flitz is too abrasive in my opinion, I don't know about MAAS, YMMV