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Craig Henard

Hi Nathan
Been giving a lot of thought to this
Reading and rereading the books I bought from you.

Concerning bore cleaning and maintenance.

Grease for long term storage, no doubt.

For general Bore maintenance and Hunting either

#1 -Hoppes #9 to clean Powder fouling out and then Dry Patching and
then a patch very lightly oiled with thin oil through the bore for a shoot over lube and for rust prevention.

OR
#2 Ballistol to clean powder fouling out and then dry patching and then running a patch lightly oiled in Ballistol through the bore for a shoot over Lube and for rust prevention.

I really like the idea of the Ballistol as it sounds safer to use IF it will do the job .
I realize I may not need to use a shootover lube(with the stainless) and to protect the bore BUT I would rather have a little more protection than I need, than not quite enough!. Sleep better at night that way !



I have a Tikka T3 Superlight 270 Winchester Stainless that seems like it has a nicely finished smooth barrel.
Little to no copper fouling

I have a Remington 700 Longrange Stainless 7mm Mag that the barrel is ok and shoots fine with Federal blue box clean(shoots a little better when fouled)
Little to no copper fouling

I have an old Mauser 98.Cigarette or guild rifle, Blued of course,large ring, small shank barrel ,8x57 JS,double set triggers, that shoots great clean or fouled,
Little to no copper fouling.

Seeing as none of my rifles exhibit Much copper fouling and I only shoot 10 to 15 rounds at a ,sitting then cleaning, I believe one of the two methods I mentioned above to clean the Powder fouling out and to prevent rust will be fine for my circumstances


IF I can I would like to standardize my cleaning, Lubing ,shooting with all the rifles if I can.

So what sounds good to you Nathan ?

Method #1
OR
Method #2

And as always
Thanks for your oppinion and input
Craig