Daryl, thanks for that. I will look for a can, I have not seen it here. Most bore solvents I will not leave in the barrel over night, but I will give this a try. you are right about the JB bore compound treatment. After 47 rounds it was a matter of a couple of patches with Sweets 7.62 and the barrel was clean with no copper visable. What are "lead away patches".

Poprivit, when I picked it up from the shop there was a large amount of copper visible in the barrel, but now it is great. I do not know if it was a rough barrel or what. The action is a bit stiff and gritty, but it is getting better. Yeah I like the 416 Alaskan better than my 450-400 ruger no #1 I had and the Alaskan feels more comfortable to shoot.

Wayne