Today is the first day I used Wipeout, and although it worked as advertised I’m left confused.
Let’s start at the beginning. Last year around this time Cabelas had a sale on the Magpul Remington 700’s (oversized bolt knob, black Cerakote, 22” 1:10 5R rifling, X-Mark Pro, 5/8x24 thread with metal protector, and Magpul stock with 5rd Magpul AICS Mag), and there was a Remington rebate some of you may remember. So for the upgraded Rem 700 in 308 it was $1150 to my door. I then added my rail, rings, scope, and QD points (waiting on the Magpul Bipod now).
Fast forward to 6 months ago, I notice orange in my barrel. I get worried, looks like rust! I read up on copper fouling, which it could be, except I haven’t fired it at this point (real busy with work). Maybe it’s from factory test fire loads. Get busy with work again and check it a month ago; still there, hasn’t changed. I’ll say at this point I use frog lube and clean my firearms every two months when not in use, more if used.
So today, after researching cleaning products in the last month like crazy, I finally use Wipeout, and the orange is mostly gone, tiny specks remain but I’ll let the Wipeout soak longer tomorrow. One issue, the patches aren’t blue or green, they are clear, not even any black on any of them. Can anyone explain this? Sorry for the story, but I’m like my dad and believe everything in life sounds better as a story.
Let’s start at the beginning. Last year around this time Cabelas had a sale on the Magpul Remington 700’s (oversized bolt knob, black Cerakote, 22” 1:10 5R rifling, X-Mark Pro, 5/8x24 thread with metal protector, and Magpul stock with 5rd Magpul AICS Mag), and there was a Remington rebate some of you may remember. So for the upgraded Rem 700 in 308 it was $1150 to my door. I then added my rail, rings, scope, and QD points (waiting on the Magpul Bipod now).
Fast forward to 6 months ago, I notice orange in my barrel. I get worried, looks like rust! I read up on copper fouling, which it could be, except I haven’t fired it at this point (real busy with work). Maybe it’s from factory test fire loads. Get busy with work again and check it a month ago; still there, hasn’t changed. I’ll say at this point I use frog lube and clean my firearms every two months when not in use, more if used.
So today, after researching cleaning products in the last month like crazy, I finally use Wipeout, and the orange is mostly gone, tiny specks remain but I’ll let the Wipeout soak longer tomorrow. One issue, the patches aren’t blue or green, they are clear, not even any black on any of them. Can anyone explain this? Sorry for the story, but I’m like my dad and believe everything in life sounds better as a story.
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