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Cleaning After Barnes XLC Bullets
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I have a few practice loads using some old Barnes XLC bullets (10-15 of them) and I want to shoot them, but I don't remember the protocol for cleaning the coating out of the bore afterwards. IIRC, the coating isn't moly but something else. I want to shoot these up so I can reload the cases. Will Wipeout work to get the coating out or do I need to rely on something more abrasive? Do I even need to worry about this at all?


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Posts: 1225 | Location: Gilbertsville, PA | Registered: 08 December 2005Reply With Quote
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J-B Bore Paste.


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Not worry at all. I use Barnes bore cleaner and I bought a boatload of xlc's when they were on closeout. Never had any clean up problem.
 
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Buckeyeshooter,

Did you find whatever coating they Barnes uses(I forget) to be noticeable when you clean? With only so few rounds to shoot, I'm thinking it's not a huge issue and I can clean as normal with a barrel solvent.


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The first one or two patches seem to remove all the blue coating. The amount of coating is pretty small also. Then a couple more that come out white, I can't see it would be an issue.
 
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Excellent. Thanks for the advice.


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Fill the bore with Wipe Out foam, go take a long nap, then swab it out with clean patches..Maybe twice if its real bad...oil it.

Remember a bore need not be squeaky clean, never been a target or an animal shot with a clean bore....Over cleaning is worse than unde rcleaning..


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Just as a quick follow-up, I used Wipeout yesterday and it took everything off. The blue dye was oozing out the end of the barrel for a good hour or so. That, combined with the removal of the copper (also blue) left everything squeaky clean when finished.


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