Trouble cleaning Citadel barrel

[chris in va]

Citadel, aka RIA...I’m shooting my usual powdercoated SWC and I generally have no issue with my CZ’s barrel, but this Citadel just refuses to come out with a clean patch. I alternate with Chore Boy copper but 20 patches later it’s still very dirty.

I’m using Hoppes, anything else that works better?

 

[Frisco]

If it's the powder coating residue living in there like an uninvited set of inlaws...get some of the acetone you use to mix your PC...and soak, and I do mean SOAK the crap out of it with acetone and run it through the bore on a patch and give it time to work.

I had the same issue on my USP9 barrel...it loved holding onto PC residue when I was using a lot of PC projos. It was the fix.

 

[dahermit]

...get some of the acetone you use to mix your PC...

The two ways of applying powder coat I know of (powder coat gun, "shake and bake"), do not use any acetone...but use static electricity to apply (dry). What method of powder coating uses acetone?

 

[Bayou]

Another idea would be to apply a generous amount of Kroil to the bore, and then, let it set for an hour to allow it to creep under any deposits. Use a brush followed by some patches.

Kroil works very well at loosening deposits, and it's the only thing I clean bores with...

Bayou

 

[pete2]

I don't clean the bbl til I get a clean patch out of it. Not sure it would ever happen. When I look thru the bbl and it looks clean and shiny that's clean enough for me.

 

[gwpercle]

I was told by all the powder coaters that powder coated bullets didn't lead the barrel ... They didn't say a word about powder coating residue .

Mix up some Acetone and ATF 50 /50 and scrub the bore with that .
Gary

 

[chris in va]

Thanks guys, I’ll try acetone. Weird thing is the patch comes out very dark, doesn’t look like powdercoating. My CZ barrel doesn’t do this.

 

[5whiskey]

I was told by all the powder coaters that powder coated bullets didn't lead the barrel ... They didn't say a word about powder coating residue .

I personally PC and I do not have an issue with either lead or PC residue. I’ve only tried HF red, which I think tends to flake off and effect accuracy more than some of the better PCs out there, but my barrels come clean in 5 minutes (usually less) with hoppes and a few strokes by a bore brush. Honestly it’s easier to clean that jacketed fouling for me. No fouling detected on the oil patch after just 3 or 4 minutes of brushing/swabbing out 95% of the time for me.

PC isn’t without its issues. I haven’t tried a lot of different things, but thus far I would describe accuracy as “serviceable.”

 

[Shadow9mm]

I really like Bore Tech Eliminator, best cleaner I have tried so far.
4 patches
brush
4 patches
let it sit
dry patches, done...