Tips on Cleaning 308 Win Semi-Automatic

[johnny17]

Any tips on how to properly clean a 308 Win Semi-Automatic (Browning) would be greatly appreciated. Please include tips on procedure, frequency of cleaning, and what products to use.

Thanks

 

[Willy Tincup]

I'd suggest you buy a 30 cal Bore Snake. They are great inventions-----that way you can clean from the breech and move all the dirt out the muzzle instead of back into the action with a rod.

 

[SuperCub]

Any tips on how to properly clean a 308 Win Semi-Automatic

Unload it first.




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[t-star]

typically, all you need is FOLLOW THE MANUAL- if you don't have one , write to browning and get one- that's what i did for my 338

 

[Yehen]

Unload it first.

x2.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Manual an be found online here:
http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

 

[stubblejumper]

I would buy a Dewey rod with the correct sized jag,and cotton patches.A good powder solvent like shooters choice or Hoppes is required,and a copper solvent like barnes cr-10 should be used occasionally.You can certainly use a rod and clean from the breach toward the muzzle.You take off the jag and carefully feed the rod down the barrel to the chamber using a muzzle protector.Then you thread on the jag with a cotton patch by turning the rod,and draw the rod down the barrel and out the muzzle.
I do not use bore snakes,because it is far easier to change a patch than clean a bore snake,and I don't like running the same crud and residue through my barrel repeatedly.