Gun Trade World - January 2023
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BALLISTOL<br />
The perfect interaction between<br />
firearms and ammunition is<br />
crucial for high precision.<br />
Ammunition of the same<br />
calibre and type from different<br />
batches or different manufacturers can<br />
feature different ballistic properties due<br />
to distinctive manufacturing processes<br />
and compositions.<br />
In order to quickly regain the<br />
accustomed accuracy after an ammunition<br />
or batch change, a basic cleaning with<br />
subsequent firing is highly recommended.<br />
The current legal situation forces<br />
many shooters to change from projectiles<br />
containing lead to lead-free types.<br />
Lead-free ammunition features different<br />
ballistic properties than lead-containing<br />
projectiles. In terms of cleaning, however,<br />
both ammunition types hardly differ.<br />
Required equipment: Barrel cleaner,<br />
gun oil, accessories (pieces of felt +<br />
cleaning rod).<br />
Layers of depositions form inside the<br />
barrel. These alternately consist of soot<br />
and powder residues, as well as copper<br />
and tombac depositions. Ballistol Robla<br />
Solo MIL Barrel Cleaner removes<br />
copper and tombac without leaving any<br />
residues. Since then, hardly any other<br />
barrel cleaner has achieved nearly as good<br />
cleaning properties as Robla Solo MIL.<br />
Soot and powder layers can be removed<br />
with efficient gun oils like Ballistol<br />
GUNEX or Ballistol <strong>Gun</strong>Cer. The<br />
tried and proven Ballistol Universal-Oil<br />
provides good service here, too.<br />
Above mentioned layers of depositions<br />
have to be removed in changing cleaning<br />
intervals layer by layer. For cleaning,<br />
the individual agents are applied on a<br />
cleaning patch, pieces of felt, tow or wick,<br />
and pulled or pushed through the barrel<br />
from the chamber to the muzzle. Years<br />
of practical experience have shown that<br />
Ballistol felts offer decisive advantages<br />
over other cleaning utensils. They<br />
optimally adapt to calibre size and ensure<br />
suitable contact pressure during cleaning.<br />
First, soak one piece of felt in gun<br />
oil and slide it from the chamber to<br />
the muzzle through the barrel. After<br />
waiting for about three minutes, remove<br />
the soot depositions by passing dry felts<br />
through the barrel. The cleaning effect<br />
can be seen in a discolouration of the<br />
felts. When heavily soiled, soot turns<br />
dark grey to black. Once this has been<br />
removed, it is time to dissolve the copper<br />
and tombac. To do this, soak a felt in<br />
Robla Solo MIL, run it through the<br />
barrel and let the cleaner work for five to<br />
ten minutes. Then remove the dirt with<br />
felts. The discolouration of the felts this<br />
time shows green or bluish tones. The<br />
two cleaning steps should now be carried<br />
out alternately to remove the layers on<br />
top of each other. If neither dirt nor<br />
colour residues are visible in either case,<br />
the cleaning process is complete. For<br />
corrosion protection, it is recommended<br />
to saturate a felt with a little oil and then<br />
pull it through the barrel.<br />
In case of extreme contamination, the<br />
barrel can also be filled with Robla Solo<br />
MIL. The barrel is sealed at the muzzle<br />
and filled up to above the chamber with<br />
Robla Solo MIl. Damage to the barrel<br />
is thereby excluded. The rifle is to be<br />
placed in the gun cabinet overnight<br />
with the muzzle pointing downwards.<br />
This procedure must not be used for<br />
gas pressure loaders with a gas channel.<br />
Cleaning must be carried out the next<br />
day. Ballistol also offers intensive felts.<br />
These contain fine brass fibres and thus<br />
produce a more intensive mechanical<br />
cleaning effect.<br />
After thorough cleaning, it’s off to<br />
the shooting range. Here the weapon<br />
is tested for precision. In addition,<br />
ammunition and weapon adjust to each<br />
other and then show the usual reliable<br />
accuracy.<br />
A thorough cleaning of the weapon<br />
is not only important when changing<br />
ammunition. Deposits do not only<br />
influence the internal ballistics, but<br />
also the projectile velocity. The DEVA<br />
e.V. was able to determine that bullet<br />
lubrication in barrels affect the muzzle<br />
velocity (V0) and respectively accuracy.<br />
Due to reduced velocity of a bullet, it<br />
can be assumed that gas pressure in the<br />
barrel of the weapon also increases. This<br />
endangers the shooter due to damage to<br />
the firearm.<br />
As the inventor of gun oil, Ballistol<br />
recommends basic cleaning with the<br />
chemical barrel cleaner Robla Solo MIL<br />
at least once a year for hunters. With<br />
a higher firing frequency, as is usual<br />
for sporting or professional shooters,<br />
correspondingly more often.<br />
www.ballistol.com<br />
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