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If blackpowder loads were fired in it, the best way is with warm water and Dawn dish detergent...followed by the conventional smokeless powder cleaning methods, and a good drying and oiling. ------------------ [This message has been edited by ricciardelli (edited 03-19-2002).] | |||
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Clean all of the other cleaning stuff out of it...run a few patches of brake cleaner down the barrel to neutralize it and then soak it overnight in Butch's BoreShine...clean it out and repeat as required. Butch's won't hurt your barrel. | |||
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Take good, old Hoppe�s # 9. It smells, it will take some time, but it wont harm steel. Use brass jags, cotton patches and Hoppe�s. Let sit in barrel for 24 hrs between each application. Scrub all metal parts with a bristle brush and Hoppe�s. It wont take 100 years to clean ;-) Hermann ------------------ | |||
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It is actually normal for the IOSSO and JB's bore paste to turn black when running it through the bore even with a clean bore. If your patches with cleaning solvent are coming out clean, and your Sweet's patches aren't blue, it is probably cleaner than you thought. Just run a few dry patches through to get all the JB's and IOSSO out, then clean with a few patches wet with your choice of solvent (Shooter's Choice, Hoppes, Butches, etc....) and check it out then with a good bore light. - Sheister | |||
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Now if you got your rifle broken down, find a stopper that will fit just ahead of the chamber. Now fill the barrel with Hoppe's and leave it be for a week, that should take care of your fouling problem, that is if you have one. This is an old trick from the early part of the last century. The stopper is of the sort you find in a good Chemistry set. I think a good local Drug store could fine one for you in the size you need. In the old Cupro Nickle days, this was standard. Elmer Keith wrote about it, a good thiry or forty years ago about what they did thirty years prior. This may help. | |||
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Thanks guys , obviously more than one person has experience with a really dirty bore and not just me !I`ll give your suggestions a try and clean it again , but only after I shot some home made lead bullets through it! | ||
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May I suggest that you use some of those cast bullets with JB Bore Paste as bullet lube? Lapping that barrel may be the path to peace, harmony and serenity, in addition to a clean barrel. Jim | |||
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