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So, you know when you get your brand new shotgun and the inside bore is all shinney. Well after firing birdshot through it, there were carbon deposits in the bore but I was able to clean it to as good as new.

However, I fired a few slugs through it and now there's a "film" in the bore. I'm wondering if that's permanent or if it's just lead melted on to the inside of the barrel. If it's lead, what's the best thing to get rid of it and get the inside of my shotgun barrel all shinney and new?

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Most likely it is plastic wad residue from the shotgun shell.

JB Bore Compound and Bore Shine works well.

Hoppes 9 BenchRest works but I think it has ammonium because of its stringent smell.

Use elbow grease and a good cleaner and it should come out shiney new.
 
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When ever possible avoid any polishing compounds such as JB's. a decent lead / powder solvent with a good bronze brush and bore mop will do the trick
 
You need a dedicated bore cleaner if you're dealing with substancial plastic and lead smears, unless you want to be at it all day. I find it helps a LOT if you give whatever bore cleaning product you're using a little time to soak in instead of going straight to brushing and patching.
 
I use it to soak the sovent in the barrel at first. I use it again after I use the brush to wipe the stuff out of it.

I have a seperate one for apply some lub.
 
That reminds me, I bought a steel bore brush at a gun show recently, will that be hard on the bore of my '87 870 Express or '64 Browning A5?
 
For serious plastic fouling I use a standard bronze shotgun brush beefed up with a bunch of brass pot scrubber material (enough to make it nice and snug in the bore). Chuck the cleaning rod (full size shotgun rod, not a wimpy .22 rod) in my cordless drill and go at it for a minute or two. When I am using the drill I try to keep it moving at a good pace back and forth not sitting in one place for very long. It works best if you remove the barrel and clamp it in a vice with padded jaws. Before I do this I let the bore soak 10 to 20 minutes with Ed's Red bore solvent (Hoppe's will do).
 
MD said:
That reminds me, I bought a steel bore brush at a gun show recently, will that be hard on the bore of my '87 870 Express or '64 Browning A5?
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I, personally, never use a steel brush....also do not see that as much recommended. Bronze would be best and is my #1 preference for regular maintenance use.
 
Also a big fan of "Ed's Red" and a similar commercial product
"Top Gun 'Wads Out' "

I use a phosphor bronze 20 mm canon brush on a 3/8" x 34" vinyl-covered
steel rod. Wimpy it's not !
 
ckid said:
For serious plastic fouling I use a standard bronze shotgun brush beefed up with a bunch of brass pot scrubber material (enough to make it nice and snug in the bore). Chuck the cleaning rod (full size shotgun rod, not a wimpy .22 rod) in my cordless drill and go at it for a minute or two. When I am using the drill I try to keep it moving at a good pace back and forth not sitting in one place for very long. It works best if you remove the barrel and clamp it in a vice with padded jaws. Before I do this I let the bore soak 10 to 20 minutes with Ed's Red bore solvent (Hoppe's will do).
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+1 ! It's amazingly effective and amazingly fast!
 
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