CARB-OUT — If It's Good Enough for Tony B…
Tony Boyer, all-time benchrest Hall of Fame points leader, has had a spectacular year, racking up many major wins. Of course, most of that success is due to his shooting skills, but Tony also benefitted from his superb Bartlein gain-twist barrels, and a new bore-cleaning product, CARB-OUT™ from SharpShoot-R™ Precision Products of Kansas. Boyer has been using CARB-OUT for the past year, and Tony enjoyed one of his best seasons ever. The use of CARB-OUT has helped Tony to remove carbon from his match barrels, reducing the need for abrasives. CARB-OUT, we’ve found, can also reduce the amount of brushing you need to do.
Our friend Boyd Allen tested CARB-OUT on a rifle that had stubborn carbon fouling. Boyd had previously applied conventional solvents which did a good job of removing copper and conventional powder fouling. However, when examining the barrel with a borescope, Boyd saw heavy “burned-in” deposits of carbon. In this situation, Boyd observed, scrubbing with an abrasive such as Iosso or JB would normally be required. But Boyd had received a sample of CARB-OUT and Boyd decided to give it a try: “After working with a nylon brush and patches, getting all that I could out, I was able to see heavy carbon next to the lands, extending forward. This I removed by wetting the bore with the nylon brush, letting it soak for 20 minutes, and brushing with a bronze brush. I did this twice. Previously I would have expected to have done a lot of strokes with an abrasive to get the same result, since this was a worst case situation. Being able to to remove hard carbon without the use of abrasives is a ‘great leap forward’ to steal a phrase”.
Using this regimen, Boyd was able to remove the stubborn carbon. “CARB-OUT really works”, Boyd told us. “This was that baked-on black stuff that normal solvents won’t touch. After a good soak, the CARB-OUT on a wet [bronze] brush knocked it out.” Boyd observed, “Others may differ, but after using this stuff, I think abrasives may be a thing of the past.” Boyd observed: “If Boyer, who has been at the top of the BR heap for years, believes in the stuff… that’s significant.”
While Boyd used CARB-OUT with a bronze brush, Terry Paul says the product is designed to work well without brushing. For the typical type of carbon fouling seen in barrels, Terry says: “You simply put it on a patch or a mop and swab it thru the barrel. CARB-OUT also leaves behind a protective coating that prevents future carbon adherance. This coating is less than 100th of a micron in thickness, so it will not affect first shot accuracy.” For more info, visit SharpShootR.com, or call (785) 883-4444.
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Tags: Bore Cleaning, Carbon
I wonder if this a water based type product or something else. Other than the product pitch, they really don’t give a lot of information on what it is and how it works.
Robert Whitley
I use a Krieger Barrel and Krieger endorses the use of abrasives and says that they clean all types of fouling (copper, powder, lead, plastic) and they do not damage the bore and they have the “added advantage” of polishing the throat both in “break in” and later on when the throat begins to roughen again, from rounds fired. 20 minutes (40 minutes,”I did this twice”) seems like an inordinate amount of soaking time. Stroking three to five tight fitting patches of JB usually takes me no more than five to six minutes. The disadvantage with a chemical is that although it may remove the carbon it doesn’t provided the benefits of polishing.
Has anybody seen the MSDS sheet on this product? I would be interested to see one to compare to Bore Tech Eliminator.
I’m not questioning the use of “Carb-out”, it’s probably a worthwhile product, but ( there’s always that), I’m having excellent results removing tough carbon by coating a snug fitting bronze brush w/ JB (blue label), without wrapping the brush w/ a cleaning patch. JB applied directly to the bristles, front half of the brush, 10 to 15 push stokes, chamber to muzzle, wash out w/ Hoppes #9, and as verified w/ my “Hawkeye”, carbon is gone! Brush easily cleaned by running hot water over it.
Is the Carb Out allowed to be sent by Air Mail?
LRCampos – the photo of the label on the linked web page says it’s flammable, so I doubt the product can be shipped by air.
I don’t know of too many water- or citrus-based products that are flammable so there must be something in this stuff that warrants the hazard warning.