Trewax Carnuba paste is what I got too, ........yellow tin can
I have found with the way I clean my barrels ( ONLY USING ) pull threw BORE SNAKES w/o brushes every 100-200 shots ... Seldom if ever any solvents or liquid cleaners my bore waxing will be good an entire season.Thinking about it pellet wise in those competition guns where I really need the consistent accuracy .... 3-4 tins being 1500/2000 shots. Field guns easily double that figure or more between re-wax efforts.More telling is as others have noted, when accuracy starts falling off a through cleaning ( No more lapping or bore polish compounds ) just solvents to get a squeaky clean bore again ... liberal rewax and off the races we go one again. * One thing to note is having the bore clean with ZERO residue before waxing, this done using a petroleum solvent such as NAPTHA ( Coleman white gas ) or Acetone on the last few SNUG patches threw bore before applying any wax.You WILL also find your first few WAX patches pushed threw will show more residue having you think bores still a bit dirty ... don't sweat it.
Quote from: Motorhead on April 03, 2020, 11:25:54 AMI have found with the way I clean my barrels ( ONLY USING ) pull threw BORE SNAKES w/o brushes every 100-200 shots ... Seldom if ever any solvents or liquid cleaners my bore waxing will be good an entire season.Thinking about it pellet wise in those competition guns where I really need the consistent accuracy .... 3-4 tins being 1500/2000 shots. Field guns easily double that figure or more between re-wax efforts.More telling is as others have noted, when accuracy starts falling off a through cleaning ( No more lapping or bore polish compounds ) just solvents to get a squeaky clean bore again ... liberal rewax and off the races we go one again. * One thing to note is having the bore clean with ZERO residue before waxing, this done using a petroleum solvent such as NAPTHA ( Coleman white gas ) or Acetone on the last few SNUG patches threw bore before applying any wax.You WILL also find your first few WAX patches pushed threw will show more residue having you think bores still a bit dirty ... don't sweat it. I just picked up this thread..You mention "Bore Snake W/O brush". I haven't been able to find a barrel snake that does not have a built in brush. Are you just clipping off the brush?
I picked up some Formula1 high performance carnauba car wax and I would have to say it works pretty well. I cleaned my MMHF barrel today and waxed it with this using a bore mop and then several patches to finish it up and when I went back to shooting it was dead on. I also tried it on a very new barrel last week and couldn't really see the results but after shooting that gun this week end I think it's coming around as well.
CAR WAX IS NOT the correct product ... IMO
If waxing the bore is really the ideal situation, then wouldn't you want that bore 100% clean before waxing, so the wax can fill-in all the microscopic pores, and also so it lasts longer?
Also, how it does the wax NOT fill-in the rifling?