Gun/ barrel cleaning

[40UP]

Pete said something about USA last week. International Trap shooters fire a cartridge through each barrel at the start of shooting [clean barrel] You'll notice the residue is different for the first shot. I once had a barrel regulated by a Westley Richards guru when they were in Bournville. At the pattern plate [on the canal towpath!] he would have nothing to do with the first shot "fire it into those trees"

 

[glb868]

After every shoot for me. Brush then fluff down the barrel, ejectors and chokes out, re-oil and rebuild. 

Dont oil bores as they are chromed 

 

[ips]

I haven't cleaned a barrel with anything but a full length mop for probably 15yrs. Mops are the future, barrels comes up lovely and clean. I don't know what cartridges some of you lot use with talk of plastic fouling etc but I have never had this type of fouling. !!! 

 

[Mark Jones]

Think its more the gun than the cart. the same cartridge will be clean in one pass of the brush in my B525 and auto yet in the overbored DT10 the same cartridge needs a lot more cleaning all focused around the forcing cones,

 

[Les53]

I haven't cleaned a barrel with anything but a full length mop for probably 15yrs. Mops are the future, barrels comes up lovely and clean. I don't know what cartridges some of you lot use with talk of plastic fouling etc but I have never had this type of fouling. !!! 

Ian I reckon I may need to change shells mate! I get little black bits and plastic residue left in my barrels and only barrel cleaner fluid and a brush will remove it.  It's not the fault of the tubes, because it's happened with Morooks, Berettas, Perazzis, so it must be the Express Excel shells, nice shells but they do leave the barrels a bit dirty at times I must say. Not like the old Winchester Trap 200's, they left the barrels so clean you hardly knew the gun had been fired! I'm going to try some of those Fiocchi Golds soon, apparently they are pretty clean,or so I'm told. What shells are you on now Ian?

 

[Hawkeye]

Winchester Trap 200's , showing your age there Les

 

[ips]

Unfortunately i too remember them

fiocchi black for me les. Very clean very smooth very hard hitting but tight pattern IMO the best sub 200 quid cartridge IMO

 

[Hawkeye]

Trap 200's were the first competition shell's that I used , bought at a local sporting charity shoot in 1984

 

[Wonko the Sane]

I find it really unlikely that a shotgun has any use for a "fouling shot".  That's just silly.  Or wiping out the oil.  Does the oil make the gun shoot faster? hahahaha   Rifle barrels on the other had seem to respond in a variety of ways to many rituals.

I presume the "fluffy thing" you refer to is what is sold here as a TicoTool.  It seems like those were originally thot up for wiping out clarinets or the like.

ah, well - now this thinking about cleaning guns has me all tired out

Charlie 

 

[Les53]

Winchester Trap 200's , showing your age there Les

Very true Bry! I started using them when 28 gram loads became the norm. .Also used Winchester thunder gold when I could get them.

 

[Jonny English]

Very true Bry! I started using them when 28 gram loads became the norm. .Also used Winchester thunder gold when I could get them.

Some older friends of mine shot dtl with either trap 200 or winners, they had their barrels polished to suit them.

 

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I find it really unlikely that a shotgun has any use for a "fouling shot".  That's just silly.  Or wiping out the oil.  Does the oil make the gun shoot faster? hahahaha   Rifle barrels on the other had seem to respond in a variety of ways to many rituals.

I presume the "fluffy thing" you refer to is what is sold here as a TicoTool.  It seems like those were originally thot up for wiping out clarinets or the like.

ah, well - now this thinking about cleaning guns has me all tired out

Charlie 

Mines a big long fluffy thing Charlie..... Nothing fancy :wink:

Les you will not get any of that sh*t in your barrels if you use the cartridges I use......Fiocchi Golden Trap 7.5 or Official 7's......

Or any of the others in the range.....they are all clean.

I cannot stand cleaning guns.....so took the easy way out years ago by finding the perfect clean cartridge. Try it Les......you will love it as a trap shot.

.........juuuuuuuust saaaaaaaayyyiiiiiiiiing....!!!

 

[diver682]

Or you could use a even better cartridge les , white gold original  some bloke called george uses them he is suppose to be quite good ! True story , just saying !