sometimes it's best to see what the manufacture has to say about it
NEW BARREL Cleaning and break in
AFTER building the upper run a patch through the bore to remove the protective oil, grit and dust that accumulated during shipping and building the upper to make sure there are no metal particles that may destroy your barrel on the first shot. DO NOT try to remove the black surface, that helps keep copper fouling down and provides a barrier between the copper bullets and the bare metal. Clean the protective oil out of the chamber. It will be brown, the oil mixes with the Melonite. Do not leave any excess oil in the chamber or barrel after cleaning or before shooting. Melonite treated barrels usually do not copper foul like stainless barrels and no "break in" is needed. If(IF is the key word) there is a little copper fouling, use a good foaming copper cleaner when you come back from the range. A blue patch means there is some copper fouling in the bore so you should repeat the process until the patch comes out white. 1 patch with solvent to remove harsh copper cleaner thenrun 1 patch with alcohol. Then 1 patch with light oil like Rem oil or WD40. Then follow with 1 dry patch to remove the excess oil. The barrel will copper foul less and become easier /faster to clean each time. when it does clean it again with copper remover When the day arrives that you clean and no blue comes out you can ease off of the cleaning and shoot until the barrel loses accuracy,. Keeping the copper out so a good layer of carbon can coat the bore is the objective.
I do what H suggests, my barrel has little copper fouling now and I just shoot it until the accuracy falls off, then I clean with a good foaming copper cleaner---it depends on which bullet I am shooting, barnes seem to require more cleaning than any other bullet in my experience
NEW BARREL Cleaning and break in
AFTER building the upper run a patch through the bore to remove the protective oil, grit and dust that accumulated during shipping and building the upper to make sure there are no metal particles that may destroy your barrel on the first shot. DO NOT try to remove the black surface, that helps keep copper fouling down and provides a barrier between the copper bullets and the bare metal. Clean the protective oil out of the chamber. It will be brown, the oil mixes with the Melonite. Do not leave any excess oil in the chamber or barrel after cleaning or before shooting. Melonite treated barrels usually do not copper foul like stainless barrels and no "break in" is needed. If(IF is the key word) there is a little copper fouling, use a good foaming copper cleaner when you come back from the range. A blue patch means there is some copper fouling in the bore so you should repeat the process until the patch comes out white. 1 patch with solvent to remove harsh copper cleaner thenrun 1 patch with alcohol. Then 1 patch with light oil like Rem oil or WD40. Then follow with 1 dry patch to remove the excess oil. The barrel will copper foul less and become easier /faster to clean each time. when it does clean it again with copper remover When the day arrives that you clean and no blue comes out you can ease off of the cleaning and shoot until the barrel loses accuracy,. Keeping the copper out so a good layer of carbon can coat the bore is the objective.
I do what H suggests, my barrel has little copper fouling now and I just shoot it until the accuracy falls off, then I clean with a good foaming copper cleaner---it depends on which bullet I am shooting, barnes seem to require more cleaning than any other bullet in my experience
