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I guess this is as good an area to ask this question as any. And I know before I ask that there will be differing opinions but I'll accept that since everyone's opinion is worth something.

I just ordered some "JB Non-Embedding Bore Cleaner" and "JB Bore Bright". I've never used them before but have read good things about them so I wanted to give them a try. I'm aware that they work well simply because they are very slightly abrasive and that, of course, concerns me. They have been around since the 60's so I would assume that, based on that, if they were eating up barrels they would long be out of business.

I don't intend to use it every time I clean my guns. I am a fanatic about that and if they get shot they get cleaned, period. The only question is the detail that I go to. If I just shoot a few rounds they just wiped out with a Bore Snake and I call it good. Every 500 rounds or so they get a good, thorough cleaning and that's where I intend to use the JB products.

So my question is simply: Does anyone have experience with these products, especially in the area of excessive barrel wear?

I really hate to ask a question about gun cleaning because I know how they always tend to go but I really would be grateful for whatever advice you guys have.
 
never heard of either product.....but to me, to have to buy additional "pellets", is going to put a dent in my budget.

yes, a can of worms may have been opened now about cleaning

i am not a "precision shooter", just an ordinary "target shooter and carry gun practice shooter.

so i will stick with Hoppes #9 cleaner, and the oil i have been using for over a year now.

i wanna "KIS", caring for my guns, and spend any extra monies on ammo, more guns, and Playboy magazines.
 
Old_Me said:
never heard of either product.....but to me, to have to buy additional "pellets", is going to put a dent in my budget.

yes, a can of worms may have been opened now about cleaning

i am not a "precision shooter", just an ordinary "target shooter and carry gun practice shooter.

so i will stick with Hoppes #9 cleaner, and the oil i have been using for over a year now.

i wanna "KIS", caring for my guns, and spend any extra monies on ammo, more guns, and Playboy magazines.
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Understood. You don't have to use felt pellets, the instructions actually just say to use an undersized bore brush with a patch wrapped around it.

I also prefer Hoppes #9 and Break Free CLP that I have been using for a long time. It's just rather difficult to get stubborn, built-up fouling out with it and I'm hoping the JB stuff will make it a bit easier.
 
SCraig said:
I guess this is as good an area to ask this question as any. And I know before I ask that there will be differing opinions but I'll accept that since everyone's opinion is worth something.

I just ordered some "JB Non-Embedding Bore Cleaner" and "JB Bore Bright". I've never used them before but have read good things about them so I wanted to give them a try. I'm aware that they work well simply because they are very slightly abrasive and that, of course, concerns me. They have been around since the 60's so I would assume that, based on that, if they were eating up barrels they would long be out of business.

I don't intend to use it every time I clean my guns. I am a fanatic about that and if they get shot they get cleaned, period. The only question is the detail that I go to. If I just shoot a few rounds they just wiped out with a Bore Snake and I call it good. Every 500 rounds or so they get a good, thorough cleaning and that's where I intend to use the JB products.

So my question is simply: Does anyone have experience with these products, especially in the area of excessive barrel wear?

I really hate to ask a question about gun cleaning because I know how they always tend to go but I really would be grateful for whatever advice you guys have.
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I have used this during my benchrest days, good product, won’t harm your barrel.
 
Didn't catch what you are cleaning, but I would (dangerously) assume it's a long gun?

Have used the product on heavily leaded handgun barrels, never felt the need to use it in a rifle barrel. For those, it was copper and Shooters Choice or Sweets that did the trick.

But JB enjoys a good reputation. Follow the directions on the bottles and you should be fine.
 
I used it on my favorite varminter every day of shooting, with some kroil penetration oil... After I had the barrel lapping done. World of differences! Lapping the barrel and removing the copper fouling tightened up the groups from .750 to under ,500. That was at 100, and a half mil rifle is boringly accurate!
 
I’ve used the stuff for years, as needed. It doesn’t scare me in the least, saves time on stubborn copper and carbon deposits.

Last time I went to work with it was polishing up the rails on a new stainless 1911. Mixed it into some oil dabbed it into the rails reassembled and worked that thing without the spring, about 500 reps. Smooth as could be, and failure to return to battery issues were gone. I might have gotten the same results without JB’s help, but it runs fine now.
 
Thanks folks. That's what I was hoping to hear and I appreciate everyone's input.

Yes, I will follow the instructions to the letter. I think the "Bore Bright" is primarily Jeweler's Rouge and if so I could polish all day every day and not wear anything down.

And, yes, it primarily will be used on my rifles. I should have mentioned that but forgot to.

Thanks to everyone for their valuable help. I appreciate it very much.
 
I’ve used it. Rifles, handguns, centerfire and rimfire.
Works great.
No harm.

I work some into a patch and run it down the bore slowly.

It makes an OK polish also, and I’ve used more of it doing that.
I have heard of people applying it to the action parts of say a revolver or lever action, then cycling the action to polish it up. I’d be nervous as hell to do that, but there it is.
 
I really only use it for a initial polish on a new barrel it makes cleaning much easier afterwards.
Otherwise if I buy a used rifle for example my 39A that was filthy I clean with my custom mixture then I use kroil and jb bore paste together for final clean and polish that gun will shoot 1/4" groups at 50 yards or better you really can't damage your barrel in my opinion just don't mess up your crown from carelessness cleaning methods.
 
Muzzlestuffer said:
I really only use it for a initial polish on a new barrel it makes cleaning much easier afterwards.
Otherwise if I buy a used rifle for example my 39A that was filthy I clean with my custom mixture then I use kroil and jb bore paste together for final clean and polish that gun will shoot 1/4" groups at 50 yards or better you really can't damage your barrel in my opinion just don't mess up your crown from carelessness cleaning methods.
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i had bought a gallon of Kroil from amazon, cuz i was shooting a LOT of reloaded lead...

not anymore, so i only use the kroil "once in a blue moon".

but i have never polished any barrel(s)
 
Old_Me said:
i had bought a gallon of Kroil from amazon, cuz i was shooting a LOT of reloaded lead...

not anymore, so i only use the kroil "once in a blue moon".

but i have never polished any barrel(s)
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I polish my pistol barrels and test in ransom rest on my bullseye pistols they shoot 2" and under at 50 my barrels barely look dirty after a match at least internally.
I also bought a gallon cause I use it in my custom mix cleaning solution glad I did the way prices have gone up !!
 
SCraig said:
Well, I'm glad I bought it now. It seems to be a good product. It got here yesterday so I'll try to give it a try on something this weekend.

Once again thanks to everyone for all the helpful posts. They are much appreciated.
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I use a "nylon" brush one size over diameter and wrap a cleaning patch around it rub very little paste all around patch and soak patch with kroil use a bunch of kroil and run that in and out try not to go thru the muzzle too much if it's a revolver once past muzzle try to keep it in the barrel it's really not gonna hurt anything but it's a mental thing for me.
 
Muzzlestuffer said:
I use a "nylon" brush one size over diameter and wrap a cleaning patch around it rub very little paste all around patch and soak patch with kroil use a bunch of kroil and run that in and out try not to go thru the muzzle too much if it's a revolver once past muzzle try to keep it in the barrel it's really not gonna hurt anything but it's a mental thing for me.
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Thanks for the info but did you mean "Chamber" instead of "Muzzle"? I always clean from the chamber toward the muzzle (same direction the bullet goes) so once I "go thru the muzzle" there ain't nuthin there but air ;)
 
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