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Weapon Care Give your gun a Barrel wear and tear due to Carbon calibre with calibre .30, for instance, good treat! Steel Ammunition? is 0.2 millimeter. Depending on the calibre, the bullet is subject to Only in rare cases, ammunition Background: Due to the raw material a gas pressure between 3000 and is the cause for faulty shooting shortages towards the end of World 4400 bar. If and how much remains precision. Mostly, it is due to War II, German bullet jackets were in the barrel depends on the bullet Fouled barrel poor maintenance. As a matter made from plain, rough Carbon construction or the bullet‘s surface. of fact, slugs and bullets cannot steel. Those bullets did in fact grind Abrasion has to be removed regular- pass through the barrel properly the barrel and ruin precision. ly, otherwise it may have a negative if riflings and lands are congested impact on the weapon‘s precision with traces of powder or residues Today: BRENNEKE employs high and may cause a dangerous increase from burnt propelling charges. quality, fine-pored Carbon steel with of gas pressure. a plated coating for the production Clean your hunting rifle or shot- of TIG® and TUG®. The outside of the We warn against repeated gun after every use. The German bullet is thinly coated with copper chemical cleaning of barrels, due to test and research institute for and nickel, which are firmly joined the fact that they will be ruined by hunting and sports firearms DEVA with the steel by means of a special such treatment. The lead-free explicitly recommends a combina- treatment. This way, all TIG®, TUG® BRENNEKE TUG nature + and TAG Cleaned barrel and TUG nature + bullets consist of bullets feature a special coating, tion of mechanical and chemical barrel cleaning, because lands barrel sparing Carbon steel jackets. requiring just the same amount of are more likely to be congested by barrel cleaning as with lead core metal residues and traces of pow- Barrel Fouling bullets. der. In addition, humidity imposes the risk of barrel corrosion. Not Whether you shoot with lead-free only might this affect the point of or lead containing ammunition, the impact it can also lead to increa- bullet is always pushed through the sed gas pressure, which has to be barrel with a spin. The difference avoided by all means! between groove diameter and field Barrel Fouling 78 79