Filthy barrel in new Mossberg 590A1

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Hi everyone, I just shot a box of shells through my Mossberg 590A1 and finished cleaning it, but I can’t for the life of me get the barrel clean. I haven’t had this issue with any of the other shotguns I was cleaning. I ran way too many patches soaked with Hoppe’s No.9 and can’t seem to get the barrel clean no matter how many patches go through. I’m thinking that maybe the barrel has some coating on it and as I’m cleaning I’m rubbing it off. Or maybe that’s just how the barrel looks? Any thoughts on this?
 
Chuck up a cleaning rod in a cordless drill with a 12G brush attached and some bore solvent and give it a whirl.
 
As others have mentioned , a few strokes with a bronze brush soaked in Hoppes 9 , followed with some patches with Hoppes 9 will do wonders . I bought a used Mossberg 500 with a severe lead build up , and a bronze brush with some Hoppes 9 solved the issue after several pass throughs .
 
I’ve used a brass brush to try and remove the crud in the barrel to no avail. It’s weird because every other shotgun that I’ve cleaned came out mirror polished except the Mossberg.
 
I have a dedicated cordless drill with the brass rod permanently chucked into it. I also have a vice to hold the barrels and I put the barrels in on a slight tilt so the muzzles are down and over a garbage can.

Keeping my barrels clean becomes a snap when you get organized.
 
Likely factory applied rust prevention, Browning's have it. Brown, rust colored? Shoot some shells through it for awhile to loosen up the coating, then give it a good clean.
 
Blastattack said:
Cleaning a shotgun barrel? That’s a thing?
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Hehe... That's what I'm talking about!

Seriously though, did you clean the barrel before you shot it? As previously mentioned some manufacturers put a preservative/rust inhibitor in their barrels and you should get that out of there before shooting the gun. A brush in a drill with some solvent should fix your problem fast and if it doesn't then wrap some 0000 steel wool around the brush and have at er' with the drill again!
 
I have a Remington 870 Police barrel that was not properly polished from the factory. That barrel would lead up like nothing else I have ever seen before and it was a pain to clean.

With time .... and lots of shooting .... lots of cleaning ... and a drill and some copper/steel wool .... it go polished ....

It is much faster to clean now!
 
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