1,635 patches later...

[raindog]

Was at the fun store today and talked to an old guy behind the counter about cleaning products.

"What are you trying to clean?"

"Old Turk Mauser. I've put about 50 patches through and I'm still getting copper and powder."

He laughed so hard...

He told me he'd bought a pair of Enfields and started cleaning them last November. Degunking the cosmo was easy, but the bore fouling was something else. Finished up in April. Took careful record of how much time it took and how many patches.

1,635 on one - some similar number on the other. About four bottles of copper cutter and I think six or seven bore solvent. He was using Montana Extreme products.

Interestingly, he thought he'd uncovered a total of nine separate layers of powder and copper.

Says the gun shoots great now. I shrugged and thought...it's a weird hobby...then tossed a jumbo bag of 1,000 patches into the cart.

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