Manual

Collecting and Shooting the SKS Rifle
Remover . I have tried many different
brands of Copper Remover -
but Shooter's Choice seems to work
the best and the fastest. Take a look at
Figure 10 and you will see what the
patch looks like when you have copper
fouling and it is being removed. The
patch turns bright blue.
After running the copper remover
soaked patch through the bore a
couple of times (yes, this is the only
time it is all right to pull a patch back
through the barrel ), I start again with
the Hoppes No. 9 soaked patches to
remove the copper solvent.
Continue running a solvent soaked
patch alternating with a non soaked,
dry patch until the patches come out
clean (only the color of the solvent)
This may take quite a while and you
may actually want to span it over
several sessions. This is not rocket
science but does require a certain level
of tenacity and endurance. You usually
do win out over the rifle. When the
patches finally do come out clean and
you have removed any remaining
solvent, take a clean patch and dowse
it with Break Free and run it through
the barrel. Then take a clean patch and
slowly run it through the barrel to sop
up any excess.
With the SKS Magazine open, I take a
nylon brush with solvent and clean the
inside of the receiver.
I use a very strong cleaner on the
exterior and interior of the bolt. Break
Free Powder Blast is a good cleaner
for this. It is non oil based and really
removes crud without having to scrub
and without leaving any residue.
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