musicmatty
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Never ever had a problem with plastic wad fouling until recently shooting 30 slugs through my shotgun. The fouling was localized to one particular area of the barrel which started 3 inches out from the chamber and was a total of 3 inches in length.
After no less than six failed attempts of cleaning which included the (brass or copper cleaning brush) scrubbing the inside of the barrel, I had to try something else. I sprayed the inside of the barrel with brake cleaner and I attached my cleaning brush to just one section of the Cleaning rod which was approximately 12 inches in length and then I attached that to a drill.
After approximately five minutes of gently going back-and-forth over that 3 inch stretch inside the barrel with the drill turning at a high speed, I applied more brake cleaner and re-inserted and continued back-and-forth again for another couple minutes. After all was said and done, the barrel looks like glass inside and the cleaning patches finally came out completely white.
So apparently using a cleaning brush on its own going back-and-forth is not the same as a high-speed drill being able to rotate that brush inside for additional friction and cleaning.
I’m sure this information has been shared before so I will gladly add my name to the list of people who will affirm that this technique works exceedingly well!
After no less than six failed attempts of cleaning which included the (brass or copper cleaning brush) scrubbing the inside of the barrel, I had to try something else. I sprayed the inside of the barrel with brake cleaner and I attached my cleaning brush to just one section of the Cleaning rod which was approximately 12 inches in length and then I attached that to a drill.
After approximately five minutes of gently going back-and-forth over that 3 inch stretch inside the barrel with the drill turning at a high speed, I applied more brake cleaner and re-inserted and continued back-and-forth again for another couple minutes. After all was said and done, the barrel looks like glass inside and the cleaning patches finally came out completely white.
So apparently using a cleaning brush on its own going back-and-forth is not the same as a high-speed drill being able to rotate that brush inside for additional friction and cleaning.
I’m sure this information has been shared before so I will gladly add my name to the list of people who will affirm that this technique works exceedingly well!