Cleaning the barrel of 223

[johnnyjr]

Finally got my savage 110E home with new scope base.. starting to scrub the copper out. This barrel is a 12 twist. Should be good for the 50 gr. Bullets. To cold to do any casting in the shed

 

[richhodg66]

The first gun I ever bought on my own, i.e. Dad wasn't around, was when I was 22 at Firt Sill brand new to the Army and it was a plain jane 110 with birch stock and blind magazine in .223. Still have it. Never have shot cast in it (I should) but it is a very accurate rifle with anything I have ever hsndloaded for it, dime sized five shot groups at 100 yards were the norm. Still have it, but haven't shot it for a while.

 

[fiver]

i bought a Ruger V-T in 223 back in 88-90 and run that poor thing through the wringer.
started out with the shoot one clean one thing, and progressed right to buying the cheapest 4 dollars a hundred bullets, and range scrounges LC brass i could find trying to shoot the 1/2" groups i thought i should be getting.
i got real close once i spent the 7 dollars for some good sierra's, and a bag of winchester brass.

i went from not even knowing what an ogive was to trying to tune a load with a few different methods, all the way to shooting cast bullets at jacketed speeds with that rifle.

 

[Tomme boy]

It will shoot 60 gr bullets fine it is is a longer barrel to keep velocity up. It will have no problems shooting 55gr bullets at any speed.

 

[johnnyjr]

Getting the barrel cleaned is the first thing. Then if it warms up I can cast a few bullets. Not at 12 degrees..

 

[popper]

scrub the copper out - I've never seen any in my guns until the Henry, Maybe 60 rnds down the barrel. Bore scope shows gold (mostly toward the muzzle) so I got some pro-shot Cu cleaner. 20 min later, scope shows no gold. Still some junk in there. Next is the Hoppes or Eds red. Maybe some minor leading as I did shoot some PCd cast in it. I applied with cotton ball on a rod and let set for 15 min. Then swabbed out the blue stain. Only stuff the LGS had, no comment from them about how well it worked. No ammonia in it. Not quite the same as CLR.

 

[CWLONGSHOT]

I had a one and 12 savage 223 as well and it shot 60 grain bullets fine. But I tended to shoot more 52 or 53 grain match bullets because they shot really well with my H332 load.

 

[Tomme boy]

I really like the foam bore cleaners. Spray in and let sit overnight with the muzzle down. Do that a couple of times and there will be no copper in any barrel that has been abused.

 

[Brad]

Fire some high Sb cast loads. They will scrub out some Cu and leave a wash in the bore that when brushed out will take a bunch of copper with it.

 

[johnnyjr]

Well,I think the copper is all out now. Used the foam cleaner as well. Not more blue on the patch..
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