barrel
cleaning what
i do is to plug the chamber up with some tight patches and a small hardware
store cork,then i fill the bore with hoppe's or outers fluid and walk away
for an hour. when
i come back i drain it and then scrub like hell for 15 strokes run a bunch
of clean patches then look and inspect it.if still copper streaked i repeat
the process,for really bad jobs i wrap some stainless steel chore boy sink
cleaning pad around the brush and scrub 15 strokes at a time,after a soak
again for an hour,this works and leaves the bore nice and clean and shiny
and still gets the crud stuck in the corners of the lands and grooves out
as well. i
have saved many bores this way and then finish it off with a fresh muzzle
crown and cleaning to remove the compound from it out.another method to
lap it clean is use bon ami cleansing dish powder and water and make a
paste,cover the brush in it and scrub 15-20 strokes and clean and repeat
if neccesary, this is also good to do to a new barrel to lap it in from
all the possible flash on the corners of the lands as well and helps to
remove heavy copper streaking also the best method is use this with a stainless
steel bore brush or a nylon one.the copper ones will tend to deposit copper
on the lands and grooves making it a pain to get clean defeating the purpose.some
use a 50-50 mix of hydrogen peroxide and white distilled vinegar to set
in the bore for 5 minutes at a time,longer will eat the bore up but it
does work good on leading,for copper they use a 50-50 mix of ammonia and
water and let it sit the same.again the bore is plugged in both instances
at one end and filled up,then scrubbed and cleaned out as normal and inspected.do
this at your own risk tho and remember longer than 5 minutes will destroy
a bore altho some have gone 15 or 20 max in minutes with that method.
