Cleaning a Rifle Barrel - The Real Gunsmith 

Randy, I'd would have bet the farm you would be a diehard Hoppes #9 fan. The smell of saddle leather to a horseman is as pleasant as the smell of Hoppes #9 to a rifleman.

So all y’all remove the copper from the barrel then foul the barrel with copper to get accuracy back, makes perfect sense

Love these vdo

My grandad would set aside a whole day to clean his gun barrel and his barrels were smoother than a baby's bottom.

The latest trend seems to be that people don't clean barrels at all or maybe once a year. They say the bullet cleans the barrel out every time it passes through. They seem to think that cleaning after every outing is unnecessary. Can you comment on that?

I use hoppe’s no 9 the same way. Works great. I shoot 20 rounds to foul then clean at 200 or 250 rounds or so. Best accuracy seams to be in that range. I have found stainless barrels clean really easy. Good rifles just don’t need that much cleaning.

I don’t remove copper being I shoot long range. I just clean the carbon out…

I used to be a clean freak, now I do very little if at all... I find no appreciable discrepancy in accuracy, only watch for rust. A city dweller with nothing in terms of a shop to work in, it was always a big deal to do the kind of maintenance you're talking about. At one point I feel I was spending more on maintenance than I was enjoying actually shooting. I've heard many views on cleaning, even zero cleaning, aside from if you're actually using the weapon as a shovel, I feel it's unnecessary. If the action and function of the weapon isn't inhibited, most crud will be blown out with subsequent shots. There's too damned many variables in the performance of a firearm to worry about so many incidentals... and I don't... and I shoot quite well and happily, thanks! 😊👍

Rest in pace, my grandpa used to say............for a short trip any mule is good enough and the devil knows more because his old, not because is the devil............life experience counts.

I've found that scrubbing out the copper of my barrel causes my groups to be more erratic until I shoot a few shots through it. I just use basic hopes 9 and leave the copper in

Great video! Thanks for the great content!

You’ve made me a die hard fan! Thank you for your knowledge and professionalism

Another good and very informative show.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise on the subject. Most people take something simple and make it hard. It’s great that someone of your stature is putting out this content.

Nice and simple, as always, a breath of fresh air, many thanks Randy.

I'm hanging on all of Mr Randy's priceless videos!

Very informative, thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights!

On your recommendation I got myself a bottle of this stuff, I can't believe how easily it removed the copper. It was actually enjoyable. Thank you so much !

Thanks for sharing. I use another brand of cleaning solvents but used the bore mop like you stated and cut my cleaning time by 50%.

I enjoy your videos nothing like knowledge and common sense. Keep them coming.