Cleaning a dark bore...

Sgt Striker

Sgt Striker

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Even thought I was in the military for 15 years, I have never had dirty bores on rifles like I do now. I collect mainly millitary rifles, and mostly M1 Garands. On avarage, the bores are pretty good, but the one I'm working on right now is a pig!! Over all, it's in good shape, shiney crisp lands, but the grooves are black and pebbled looking. I've been cleaning her for a couple of days now, and the patches are still coming out blacker than the Ace of Spades. I just seems to be a major build up of carbon, but damn, she's not letting go easy. I've been using hoppes and bore cream, but it dosen't seem to make a dent in it.

Any suggestions.
 
Put the muzzle into a container, past the gas hole, fill the barrel with solvent and leave it there for a few hours. Give the solvent time to work. Then run a few patches through.
"...pebbled looking..." You may be seeing the results of shooting corrosive ammo.
 
sunray said:
Put the muzzle into a container, past the gas hole, fill the barrel with solvent and leave it there for a few hours. Give the solvent time to work. Then run a few patches through.
"...pebbled looking..." You may be seeing the results of shooting corrosive ammo.
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Well, it's not pitted ( I don't think) the ruffness seems raised. I know in the past when I've had a pitted bore, the patch pushes through ruff like, but when I run a patch through this bore, it "feels" smooth.... go figure??
 
To remove the black stuff (carbon) go to the GM dealer and buy a product called carb cleaner nothing removes carbon like this stuff. Then you can focus on the copper remover. After all this you'll have a good look at the bore condition. Enjoy the hobby. Bill
 
I'm begining to think my problem is from corrosive ammo. The patches aren't nearly as dark (black) as before, but the dark bore is not changing much. I think she'll still be a good shooter, but just not have that nice shiney bore, no matter what I do.

Thanks for all the help anyway...
 
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