I have put 45 rounds through my McGowen Premier Match 6.5X284 Norma barrel, and while I am extremely happy with the accuracy, I am scratching my head over the cleaning. I have never had a barrel so hard to get perfectly clean!! I am using about 100 patches after each 15 rounds. I know about most of the "break in" methods, but I just don't have the time, nor the right conditions to do 1 clean 1 clean ect. I have never broken in any of my "hunting" rifles, and none have ever taken so long to clean. Any ideas? I use Hoppe's 9, Barnes CR-10, and Tiptons Truely Remarkable solvents. My hand lapped Lilja .223 cleaned up with 11 patches, are the non lapped bores really that much harder to clean? If so how do I go about lapping my bore, or can I just use the bullets with the lapping compound on them? Maybe I just don't know how to clean a rifle??