Wipe out in crome lined XCR barrels?

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Can you use wipe-out in a crome-lined barrel? I'm looking for a good copper solvent to clean the barrel on my RA XCR with out damaging the barrel. The manual says don't leave harsh solvents in the barrel for more than 5 minutes, wipe-out needs about an hr or more with excelerator. Any recomendations on what to use after firing a few hundred copper jacketed rnds?
 
I use Hoppe's solvent after every shooting (usually 100/200rnd). I leave it long enough (15-400 minutes) to get plenty of blue juice (copper) when wiping.

When using the Hoppe's copper solvent (more agressive), I wait 5-20 minutes.
 
Wipe-out would be just fine. A chromed bore should be able to withstand anything at least as well as an unlined one. I suspect that cleaners with high ammonia content like Sweet's 7.62 are what they had in mind when they wrote the warning into the manual. Even then, the real problem is letting it dry in the barrel.
 
Gunnerlove said:
Nothing. Just like an AR.

Maybe some MPRO7 and a brush after a few thousand rounds.
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You don't clean your AR after a few thousand rnds of copper jackted bullets?
After 300 mine bleeds copper and accuracy goes to ####. I normally use hoppes#9 but I need something better. Wipout out works awesome in reg barrels.
 
Another vote for MPro7 and I don't clean my AR very often either.Most likely a thousand rounds or more.There is no need.Once they shoot good I leave it until it starts to not shoot well.Then I give it a good scrub and start again.
 
I only use the brass brush every 1000 rounds with chromelined. I only use the bore snake in between.

I used FP10 - I found it pretty good in cleaning than CLP. It is better with the C and L, but not as good in the P.

I will stay away from all the funky smelling solvent like hoppes or what not - you chromelined barrel does not need that everytime you shoot the rifle, maybe once every thousand rounds when it starts building up.
 
I've used wipeout in my AR15. There's also plenty of google searchable accounts of shooters using wipeout in AR15s to no ill effect.

I suspect you're fine, but a quick call to RA may be your best bet.
 
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