GV00 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 As some of you may remember, I picked up an M4 quite some time ago as my first shotgun. Well, after getting out and shooting it, I ran a bore snake through it to clean it up...and now the inside of my barrel is quite visibly scratched up. Is this normal? I thought the entire point of brass brushes was to avoid that. I imagine that scratches in the finish will make fouling occur quicker in the future, so I'm kinda ticked off about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Are you sure you're seeing scratches and not marks left by the plastic wads? Boresnakes don't get those very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GV00 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Are you sure you're seeing scratches and not marks left by the plastic wads? Boresnakes don't get those very well. Reasonably certain. After I noticed them, I busted out a mop and gave it another run-through, since I no longer trusted the bore snake at all. They're not coming out, and they appear to be scratches in the finish itself. I'd take a photo, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't come out right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOGWILD Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 try a mop with some solvent and see if that does the job, crimp on end of shell will leave a small amount of residue and if not cleaned regular will gum up and look terrible. I had to use a bore mop cause snake would not get all of this out and i do this after every outing! someone had a picture in an older post but it would build up only where crimp hits inside barrel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1014 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,,,,,not good,,,,,I use a drill a rod attached to a 10ga brush and lots of solvent,,no scratches...,comes very clean,,,,,all my Benellis are subjected to this lustfull torture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I've always used a Boresnake on my M4 and the bore looks as perfect as it did when it came out of the box. Your M4's barrel is chrome lined, it's nearly impossible to cause damage with a bronze phosphor brush. Are you using any bore solvent or CLP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No F-Bdy Bs Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 People clean shotgun BBls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairborne Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 me I've always used a Boresnake on my M4 and the bore looks as perfect as it did when it came out of the box. Your M4's barrel is chrome lined, it's nearly impossible to cause damage with a bronze phosphor brush. Are you using any bore solvent or CLP? Same here. There is some crap in the bbl after shooting a couple hundred round but a few passes with the BS and it's all like new again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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