Dirty Barrels

weeeirv333 · Sep 5, 2024

Hi, Has anyone found shooting Gamebore HV steel 7.5,28GMS plastic, they have very dirty barrels after shooting, and traces of unburnt powder ?

Twinpot · Sep 5, 2024

I always found them to be very clean, compared to others. Just the usual plastic fouling. No sign of unburnt powder through 32” barrels.

weeeirv333 · Sep 5, 2024

Lambo said:
I always found them to be very clean, compared to others. Just the usual plastic fouling. No sign of unburnt powder through 32” barrels.

Hi, I missed out 'Black Gold', in the title. I shoot with a Browning 30'' Pro Sport adjustable, I dont suppose the gun makes much difference, but while shooting another guy wanted a go with my gun and looked down the barrels before he shot and commented on their state of dirt ! Before that I was shooting with Hull Pro Steel, and barrels were as cleanl as could be, so I dont know. Thanks for the reply.

Twinpot · Sep 5, 2024

weeeirv333 said:
Hi, I missed out 'Black Gold', in the title. I shoot with a Browning 30'' Pro Sport adjustable, I dont suppose the gun makes much difference, but while shooting another guy wanted a go with my gun and looked down the barrels before he shot and commented on their state of dirt ! Before that I was shooting with Hull Pro Steel, and barrels were as cleanl as could be, so I dont know. Thanks for the reply.

TBH it’s been about 18 months since I last used them, so maybe Gamebore changed the recipe

Mr grumpy · Sep 5, 2024

I have always found gamebore to be a dirty cartridge.they seem to have more recoil too-to me at least.

westley · Sep 6, 2024

Are you using steel shot by choice ??

Oldblaster · Sep 6, 2024

weeeirv333 said:
Hi, Has anyone found shooting Gamebore HV steel 7.5,28GMS plastic, they have very dirty barrels after shooting, and traces of unburnt powder ?

Are you storing them at room temperature? Some cartridges if cold can leave in burnt powder in the barrels.

weeeirv333 · Sep 6, 2024

westley said:
Are you using steel shot by choice ??

Sadly, our club shoots over the sea !

weeeirv333 · Sep 6, 2024

Oldblaster said:
Are you storing them at room temperature? Some cartridges if cold can leave in burnt powder in the barrels.

weeeirv333 · Sep 6, 2024

Only bought them 4 days before shooting !

weeeirv333 · Sep 6, 2024

Yes, there under the bed !!

westley · Sep 6, 2024

weeeirv333 said:
Yes, there under the bed !!

Ah, so a real STEAL !

Luke_(NL) · Sep 9, 2024

weeeirv333 said:
Yes, there under the bed !!

Let's not get into question of damp cartridges then

Luke_(NL) · Sep 9, 2024

Luke_(NL) said:
Let's not get into question of damp cartridges then

As for a serious reply, yes I do think the Gamebore steel cartridges leave barrels dirtier than some other brands. At my club the cartridges on offer (all steel, as lead has already been banned in NL for ages) are Gamebore 7 / 24, 7 / 28 and Mirage 7/24. The Mirage leaves the barrels a lot cleaner than the Gamebore 24 grams, and the 28 gram Gamebores are again a lot 'dirtier' than the 24 gram ones. Not sure why, just my observation (with several guns).

I do run a boresnake through my barrels after most shoots, but prefer to use the Mirages for the reason above. I avoid the 28 grams nowadays.

FESkent · Sep 9, 2024

weeeirv333 said:
Sadly, our club shoots over the sea !

just imagine how much lead must be at the bottom of the sea from lost fishing weights and sunken ship ballast.

which club shoots over the sea.

RJD · Sep 9, 2024

FESkent said:
just imagine how much lead must be at the bottom of the sea from lost fishing weights and sunken ship ballast. which club shoots over the sea.

Pretty difficult for birds to ingest though !

Richy3333 · Sep 10, 2024

FESkent said:
just imagine how much lead must be at the bottom of the sea from lost fishing weights and sunken ship ballast. which club shoots over the sea.

Highland Deephaven shoot out onto the Cromarty.

FESkent · Sep 10, 2024

Richy3333 said:
Highland Deephaven shoot out onto the Cromarty.

looks a nice club, now see why you use steel as the shot is falling on the foreshore, not into deep water.

http://hdcpc.co.uk/l

we have similar in Kent.

https://kingsferrygunclub.com/

JoostB · Sep 11, 2024

I have seen a guy shooting steel gamebore black gold 28 grams. They would dirty his barrels so much that he had a hard time getting the empty hulls out after a couple of hundred shells. This was in a browning BTW.

weeeirv333 · Sep 11, 2024

Oldblaster said:
Are you storing them at room temperature? Some cartridges if cold can leave in burnt powder in the barrels.

JoostB said:
I have seen a guy shooting steel gamebore black gold 28 grams. They would dirty his barrels so much that he had a hard time getting the empty hulls out after a couple of hundred shells. This was in a browning BTW.

Thank you, I think I will change when I have used the one's I have.

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