Bore Cleaners & Type 4 Trigger Housings - Oops

[Bill Hollinger]

Dave, did you bore scope it to know for sure it is perfect? I only ask this because I learned a valuable lessen working in a barrel production shop. I've cleaned and scrubbed and cleaned some more with Hoppe's #9 and felt it could not get any cleaner only to be embarrassed when a bore scope was put to it. The owner of the company said Hoppe's was worthless for cleaning anything but soft fouling in a barrel bore. For 40 years I've used and relied on Hoppe's and would swear by it's abilities. Boy was I ever wrong! I will only use it on cleaning the actual parts of a gun now, not the bore.

To your question, any residue left behind from the combustion of the round going off can be detrimental to the life of the barrel. also, only use one piece coated rods like Dewey brand. Your DI was correct for sure about jointed military style cleaning rods. They will destroy a muzzle in short order. I would encourage all, please don't take my word for any of this. Clean your bore, clean it as you never have before and then have it bore scoped. You will be amazed at what you see.

BTW, we might just be producing M1 rifle barrels in the future. Look up Pac-Nor Barreling. Great company and great product!