another mystery.
After I firelapped the barrels, I still had barrel fouling but after shooting 50 to 70 shots, I could easily remove the copper fouling by amonia based copper removers, I could easily remove all copper traces by only one or two patches saturated with copper remover.
Yesterday I came home after shooting 60 shots, cleaned the barrel by my home brewed version of Ed's red carbon remover, I was tired so I postponed copper removing to tomorrow which is today.
Today I noticed that only the last 2/3 of the barrel length the patches came out with that blue tint which is an indication that copper fouling is present.
The first 1/3 of the barrel length including throat area, patches came out with no blue tint at all.
This was the 3rd shooting session after firelapping, after nearly 150 shots.
The cleaning rod was short so I first cleaned the last 2/3 of the barrel from the muzzle end and then the first 1/3 from the breach end.
Do you think the first one third of the barrel had been free from copper fauling. And what does it all mean to you.
Thanks in advance for any kind of help you can provide to to me understand this. Is it good news or else?
Again I appreciate all your helps.
God bless you all.