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So I've been hanging out a lot on a turkey hunting forum with turkey season coming up and those guys are pretty fanatical about there shotguns so I seem to fit in well there. Anyways I recently did this to all 4 of my 870's (Well 3 shotguns and a tac14). One of my guns my cleaning regiment was typically a breakdown before and after hunting season and a bore snake after shooting. I deep cleaned the barrel and there was a ton of stuff that came out and it looked clean previously to deep cleaning.
https://allaboutshooting.com/blogs/b...shotgun-barrel
After that I did a "polish"
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,182.0.html
I didn't do the shotgun shells chamber protector thing.
Was it worth it? I don't know. Cleaning seems a lot easier and it doesn't seem to have hurt anything. My guns all threw really good patterns but I hadn't really patterned them to that extent before. I doubt I will deep clean after every shooting session but once a year or so isn't out of the question.
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Although modern primers and powder are non-corrosive excessive fouling can hold moisture and promote rusting. The same is true of dust. This can be a real problem in the south during the hot hazy summer.
I listened to that one. I remember one thing Fisher mentioned was using a 10 gauge bore brush to dry strip the plastic fouling out. Might be worth trying that method?
As to how often I clean my shotgun bore, I can't remember the last time I did (pretty sure when I cleaned it last was 3-4 addresses ago), so I'm going to say "Not often enough".
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I typically punch the bore once a year on the shotguns I use to teach and practice. A tornado brush used vigorously with a little bit of good quality solvent works well.
I take the gun apart and wipe it down to apply lubrication probably every other class I do with them
I squirt a little lube on them before every range session.
3/15/2016
Last edited by Chuck Whitlock; 04-16-2019 at 05:23 PM.
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