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603Country · January 6, 2012, 09:50 PM

I managed to put a lot of copper in the barrel of my 223. I've been working on getting it out, but severe copper fouling is pretty tough to remove. Based on what I've read in this forum, I went out (to the big city) to get some better copper removing materials. I bought two different types and I'll try them out tomorrow. At the last gunshop I visited, I was paying for the copper cleaner and the guy at the cash register asked me why I needed that stuff. Well, I explained my problem and he said that he never worried about copper. As a matter of fact, he said, he shot his 308 about 400 times the previous day and all he did was wipe the bore with Windex about every 50 rounds. He said that "they call that gilding the bore". I have to admit that I just didn't know what to say to that, so I paid and left. So tell me...how many of you guys clean your bore with Windex and don't worry about copper fouling?

January 6, 2012, 09:50 PM	#1
603Country Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Thornton, Texas Posts: 3,998	I didn't know that Windex was the best bore cleaner I managed to put a lot of copper in the barrel of my 223. I've been working on getting it out, but severe copper fouling is pretty tough to remove. Based on what I've read in this forum, I went out (to the big city) to get some better copper removing materials. I bought two different types and I'll try them out tomorrow. At the last gunshop I visited, I was paying for the copper cleaner and the guy at the cash register asked me why I needed that stuff. Well, I explained my problem and he said that he never worried about copper. As a matter of fact, he said, he shot his 308 about 400 times the previous day and all he did was wipe the bore with Windex about every 50 rounds. He said that "they call that gilding the bore". I have to admit that I just didn't know what to say to that, so I paid and left. So tell me...how many of you guys clean your bore with Windex and don't worry about copper fouling?