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    How often do you clean your gauge?

    So, I picked up an 18" low profile XS sighted barrel. I temporarily put it on my glossy Wingmaster and it shot great. Excellent patterns with Rem low recoil 8 Pellet. I picked up a 1990s vintage Express recently and put together a proper social shotgun using this barrel and some spare parts. After running 2-300 rounds of mixed birdshot and buck through it I patterned it again and was disappointed.

    I recently listened to P&S #126 and several members of the esteemed panel mentioned cleaning the plastic fouling put to restore patterns. I have no 12 gauge brushes, so now there are some in my Brownell's cart waiting on the next discount code.

    How often do you clean your shotgun bore?

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    Cleaning shotguns sucks, especially when there’s slug leading. The best solution I’ve found is a bronze brush on a rod, soak with Kroil, spin with a hand drill.
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    What is this "clean" you talk of?
    Welcome to Africa, bring a hardhat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigT View Post
    What is this "clean" you talk of?
    People clean those?

    I wipe them down with oil, but rarely actually clean them. I could be wrong to do that.

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    How often? As needed ....

    I wet the inside of my barrels with solvent and follow-up with a pass or two (manually) with a Hoppes SS Tornado brush. After that, a couple of passes with a bronze bristle brush covered with a solvent soaked patch and they're usually spotless. It's worth mentioning that smooth/polished barrels foul less and are easier to clean.

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    How often? At the end of every duck season - whether they need it or not...

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    After every shooting session for me. I really do not like to let the melted plastic from the hulls build up in the bore because that stuff can be a nightmare to remove if I do not stay on top of it. I rather spend ten minutes after every session than three hours once patterns start having issues or the shells are hard to extract and eject. Plus I never want another choke tube welded into the barrel.

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    Useful solvents for removing plastic fouling include CRC Brakleen, Kingsford Charcoal Lighter, paint thinner, and WD-40.
    WD-40 is not being suggested to lube with. Regardless, the selected product works best if allowed to remain in barrel for a few minutes before use. The easy way is to spray WD-40 on 0000 steel wool wrapped around a brush attached to a rod and spun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigT View Post
    What is this "clean" you talk of?
    I was wondering the same thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by willie View Post
    Useful solvents for removing plastic fouling include CRC Brakleen, Kingsford Charcoal Lighter, paint thinner, and WD-40.
    WD-40 is not being suggested to lube with. Regardless, the selected product works best if allowed to remain in barrel for a few minutes before use. The easy way is to spray WD-40 on 0000 steel wool wrapped around a brush attached to a rod and spun.
    I use carb cleaner and a bore snake dedicated for carb cleaner use. I have used acetone, but carb cleaner seems to need less time. The amount of plastic removed is amazing. More than I would expect. Three things to note:

    1) Do this outside.
    2) Do not let the carb cleaner get on the stock and/or any plastic components. Watch out for barrel beads or carbon fiber barrel ribs.
    3) Must lube after cleaning.

    If there is one, I also remove the choke tube, clean it, add anti-seize, and install.

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