CLR Who's Using It For Carbon Removal

[khuber84]

I've used clr pretty religiously on my rifles for 4 seasons, every 200-300 rounds for prs cartridges like bra dasher and gt. All have lasted 2000+ rounds with no I'll affect in accuracy. Mainly targets throat and chamber neck carbon occurring areas. Follow that with some eliminator, a handfull of strokes of thoroclean, then some more eliminator and then alcohol, and barrels are very clean. They take 10-15 fouling rounds to get back stabilized known velocity, but that's my procedure. Larger cases like standard short mags or prc, get this treatment every 100 rounds. If it's a big magnum or burning dirty hot powders like N570/RL33 they get this treatment every 50-70 rounds. The bigger cases take less rounds to settle back to know velocity. My experience and observations.

 

[packer58]

I've used clr pretty religiously on my rifles for 4 seasons, every 200-300 rounds for prs cartridges like bra dasher and gt. All have lasted 2000+ rounds with no I'll affect in accuracy. Mainly targets throat and chamber neck carbon occurring areas. Follow that with some eliminator, a handfull of strokes of thoroclean, then some more eliminator and then alcohol, and barrels are very clean. They take 10-15 fouling rounds to get back stabilized known velocity, but that's my procedure. Larger cases like standard short mags or prc, get this treatment every 100 rounds. If it's a big magnum or burning dirty hot powders like N570/RL33 they get this treatment every 50-70 rounds. The bigger cases take less rounds to settle back to know velocity. My experience and observations.

Good input to the topic, thanks. I'm not siding one way or the other but i find it very interesting how folks experiences can be worlds apart. I do feel the CLR etches the CM steel a bit from what i observed on my test barrel and is hell on the bluing so be careful.

 

[XLR]

I use CLR pretty religiously to clean out the throats on all my rifles. Just make sure you do not have any that leaks out of your guide and into your chamber. I clean and then try to go shoot that same day just to get any out that I missed with dry patches and alcohol. I've been doing this for the last 3 barrels and never had an issue.
If you are worried about your barrel, then just use C4. Typically, I am only cleaning every 4-500 rounds and I am not a patient person, so I want to get it done quickly. Between CLR and JB bore past I can make quick work of carbon and copper and get back to shooting...

 

[khuber84]

Good input to the topic, thanks. I'm not siding one way or the other but i find it very interesting how folks experiences can be worlds apart. I do feel the CLR etches the CM steel a bit from what i observed on my test barrel and is hell on the bluing so be careful.

All my barrels are stainless, and actions are nitride. I don't soak anything longer than 10-15 mins cept my TBAC ultra7 suppressor. It gets a 5 day soak, with new clr and a water flush every day every 1000/1500 rounds to get the carbon out.

 

[TaperPin]

Go to Cortina’s YouTube page and see what he has to say and see his results.

I watched his interview with the guy from bartline barrels - very interesting. Eric uses it, but doesn’t let it soak.

Didnt one of the benchrest action makers just say their lifetime warrantee is no good if there‘s evidence of CLR use? Where did I hear that?

 

[ID_Matt]

I watched his interview with the guy from bartline barrels - very interesting. Eric uses it, but doesn’t let it soak.

Didnt one of the benchrest action makers just say their lifetime warrantee is no good if there‘s evidence of CLR use? Where did I hear that?

It was Kelbly.