Copper

[bgc]

I fired 50 rounds on Saturday and decided to put some ProShot Copper remover down the bore. I was surprised how much copper came out. I wonder if I should polish the bore and redo the break-in.

[JMoto]

One thing to remember is to use Nylon jags because the copper solvent will actually show false positives from the Brass jags. You will keep cleaning and cleaning only to find out that it was the jag and not the barrel.

[bgc]

I place s paper towel under the muzzle and stand the barrel up in a corner. Then use a glass eyedropper and dribbled it down the barrel. This has been the most effective method for cleaning my Savage barrels. I swear, with Savage Rifles, half the bullet weight gets stripped off by the tooling marks in the barrel