jkp wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:06 pm
Can you offer some specifics regarding your lapping process? What sort of pads / pellets are you using and do you use something like JB bore cleaner that has the earth stuff in it or are mixing your own brew?
Lapping in one direction?
The felt pellets I use are VFG Pellets (.22cal).
I clean the barrel, before ever shooting, with either Shooters Choice/Kroil Oil 50/50 mix or with BoreTech Eliminator and the VFG Pellets. Once the pellets come out clean, I use Remington 40x Bore Cleaner which contains a lubricant (RemOil?) and Diatomaceous Earth (mild abrasive) and the VFG Pellets. I pass the pellet end to end and the first one always meets with noticeable resistance and comes out almost black. Pass back and forth until the pellet loses its resistance. Clean the barrel and push a dry pellet through.
I repeat the process noticing the resistance lessens and lessens and the pellets come out less black.
It’s a “feeling” process and how clean the pellets end up to know when I’m done. Pretty much, when I don’t feel noticeable resistance as compared to the start, and the bullets aren’t black, I’m done.
Then, I clean the barrel again and dry run a pellet through it until it comes out clean. Then, I shoot as normal.
I do this to all my new barrels. I can’t prove it helps. But, it hasn’t hurt and the accuracy is usually stellar.
I don’t drink barrel break in KoolAid. But, this pre-shooting cleaning/lapping process has never screwed me.
I don’t do any other shoot/clean break in afterwards. I just polish the barrel before I ever shoot it and then run it like I stole it.
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
