Cleaning grit and steel after crowning

[Bioprof]

I just finished crowning a .36 caliber barrel that I had cut off for better balance.  It turned out really well, but now I'm wondering if I should use a tight fitting patch on a jag to clean out the barrel or not.   Would the grit and steel dust scratch the barrel?    I would blow it out if I had a compressor, but I don't.   What's the best way to do this?

[Roger Fisher]

Suggest twisting an oily patch on your ball puller jag go in to the breech a twist or three and withdraw.  Next time remember to shove a patch an inch or so in to the muzzle end before the camphering process...!

[RobertS]

You could flush it out with carb or brake cleaner, maybe, then follow with an oily patch.

[billd]

I would start by pouring a good amount of alcohol down the barrel, swishing it around and dumping it out.  Fill the barrel half way or more, just leave some room for movement.  Then go to to your patches. Carb cleaner does the same but costs more.

Bill

[smallpatch]

Use your patch and jag.  This is steel, not butter.  Maybe add a little of your normal claning liquid, and be sure to lube it up when clean.

[Dphariss]

I would run a bunch of WD 40 aerosol through the vent and let it run out.
Then run patches  till pretty dry. Probably good enough.
If not ....
Now oil  a heavy patch with heavy oil like motor oil,  run it up an down 8-10 times. Then wipe all this out. The heavy oil will tend to trap grit and hold it in the patch.
Oily rag is a way to clean cylinders after honing. Old school perhaps but it works.

Dan