On the advice of my gunsmith, I purchased a can of Shooter's Choice Barrel and Choke cleaner. He told me it is the best solvent for melting plastic build up in the barrels. After shooting about 100 rounds of RST, 12 gauge ammo, I came home to clean the gun and to see how this new cleaning product performed. I have usually used Hoppes or Balistol in the past and I always clean my guns after shooting them. Well, at least I thought I was cleaning them.
To get to the point, it took me two hours and numerous clean outs before I got the barrels clean and free of the plastic fouling. I finally resorted to wrapping bronze wool around a bronze brush, attaching the cleaning rod to the end of a power drill, and reaming the barrels out for multiply times after I let the barrels soak in The Shooters Choice cleaner. Time after time of reaming and cleaning the barrels with cotton swabs, the plastic was still there but in less and less amounts. What concerned me was I was also picking up very small flecks of lead as the plastic melted and was rubbed away by the bronze wool.
Has anyone else ever experienced something like this?
I've used the same product with great results. It was recommended to me for use in turkey chokes. Does an excellent job. Takes out plastic I never even knew was there. I use it on my skeet gun too. Works great. I usually use it after every 300 rounds or so to remove plastic. I coat the barrel good and set it horizontal for 15 minutes and flip it so it soaks the whole barrel. A few passes with a shotgun jag and steel wool fit tightly and it's clean. To remove lead from shooting foster type slugs I use the same system but don't use and chemicals. Just O steel wool fit tightly and some oil to make it push easy. 10-15 passes no more lead.
Maybe your bore is rougher than it appears? Holds the plastic more?
