Long Range Precision Rifle Minimal Disturbance Cleaning Regime
'Clean as Needed' -- Basic Premises
a) Immediately after use in corrosive environments or exposure to water
b) After exposure to grit, dust or sand.
c) When rifle becomes excessively fouled with powder or copper (perform inspection) -- when accuracy begins to deteriorate or significant MVV is encountered
Round count between cleanings may vary dramatically based on use and environmental conditions.
- moisture
- blowing dust and grit
- general use of rifle, load dynamics and rate of fire
Cleaning STEPS:
1. Insert Bore guide into action
2. Attach a copper brush to your one piece coated cleaning rod
3. Soak brush in Powder solvent (Hoppe's No9)
4. Gently and carefully scrub bore from break using bore guide with 10 passes (NOTE: If brush exits muzzle, take care when pulling brush back through the crown that damage does not occur). Allow solvent to sit in bore while you move on to next steps. Be careful not to let solvent leak into the trigger group.
5. Clean bolt using powder solvent (be careful with rear face on lugs -- use nylon bristled toothbrush)
6. Re-soak brush in powder solvent, do 10 more passes.
7. Remove brush and attach jag to cleaning rod. Run several patches wetted in powder solvent down bore until the powder fouling is removed.
8. Run clean patches till bore is dry, if storage in humid environments is anticipated you can wet last patch lightly with gun oil
9. Clean the chamber using the appropriate chamber brush and powder solvent. (J Dewy manufacturing)
10. Dry Chamber Using Swabs
11. Remove solvent from bolt lug tracks
12. Lubricate bolt lugs with a shooting grease.
13. Lubricate bolt body and the portion of the bolt where the bolt handle is attached to the bolt body.
*After cleaning, before using the rifle in the field again, 1 to 5 fouling shots should be taken before field deployment time to reestablish powder fouling equilibrium.
