Got some minor extraction problems? Tiny bit of chamber scaling? Minor barrel cancer? Some days you just have to wonder where to start. #320 WD or a reamer !

Looks more like scale in a hot water heater.

Let me guess. It was submerged in a creek or pond for about a year? Looks like a water deposit in the chamber.

Nupe, my bet is a damp Canadian basement due to the lack of rust on the outside. They always oil the outside . . . . . . but.

I pulled the tube and stuck it in the lathe. Stainless steel wire brush and #320 wet & dry and kerosene and it's good as new.

I was going to say to pull the barrel and use steel wool, 320 paper, and WD40 but you beat me to it.

Looks like a Savage, Rod. So it doesn't really matter. If it wants fixing and if the bore is ok, set it back and rechamber. But you know that. Regards, Bill.

quote:

Originally posted by Bill Leeper:
Looks like a Savage, Rod. So it doesn't really matter. If it wants fixing and if the bore is ok, set it back and rechamber. But you know that. Regards, Bill.

If memory serves Billy, some old feller once told me that Savages were OK, except for the accuracy problems brought on by the bag factor.

I dis-remember which, wise ole fawker told me that. Memory is the first thing to go, dontchaknows!