cleaning an old barrel?

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Hi,
I bought one of those Tokarevs and spending a lot of time cleaning it. There is some crud in the barrel, and I used some bore cleaner, some hoppes 9, plastic barrel brush, a lite copper brush, etc.

Is there a product that I can let the barrel bathe in it for a few days to actually dissolve all remaining residues? I don't think its cosmoline, it doesnt smell like it.

any ideas?
 
Try soaking it in some varsol, that may soften it up some, or give it a spray of brake cleaner. Sometimes you have to try a few different things to find something that works.
 
Don't sweat. Modern CLPs are very strong and will keep removing all these layers of residue that had been in the bore for decades. Clean like new rifle, shoot, repeat. It will get better after some time.
 
WipeOut, over night, muzzle down on a piece of paper towel.

Next day, a wet patch and the bronze brush to physically scrub a bit. Then Wipe-Out muzzle down for another day.

Here you can see how I cleaned on old Lee Enfield and Mossy Maggot. One took a couple of days longer than the other.

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Grease the bore between shooting sessions.
It softens the crud. Use nylon bore brush to apply the grease, and jag and patch to remove before shooting again.
Not using corrosive ammo I hope?

I also use wipout but find I still have to grease the worst cases.
Will never get that bad again with the grease.
 
Ganderite said:
WipwOut, over night, muzzle down on a piece of paper towel.
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I came here just to post this.

Just get some foaming bore cleaner that with a copper solvent in it, follow directions on the can, and you are good to go. I buy cans of it whenever they come on sale. Short of electrolysis, it's the best way to clean an old bore.
 
purple said:
I've had good results with a combination of JB Paste and a decoppering agent like Butch's Boreshine or Sweets 7.62.
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I don't know you. But with that process I can tell you are old school.

I would have suggested the JB as an intermediate step with doses of Wipeout (or 7.62) but I suspect the kids don't know what JB Paste is, or 7.62.
 
Ganderite said:
I don't know you. But with that process I can tell you are old school.

I would have suggested the JB as an intermediate step with doses of Wipeout (or 7.62) but I suspect the kids don't know what JB Paste is, or 7.62.
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I am old. I started school in a one room country schoolhouse in Saskatchewan with grades 1 to 8 in the same room. Chores included cleaning the stable, bringing in pails of water from the well and hauling kindling and coal for the stove.:eek:

We never had JB borepaste back then, but used to shoot blackpowder handloads where hot water was the solution to remove powder fouling and prevent bore corrosion. I shot black powder loads with cast bullets in a M92 Win .44-40 and a Colt New Service in .44-40 as well.

The "kids" should know that JB paste is a mild abrasive loaded in oil which does a good job of removing fouling and helps to slick up a bore. I use it on any used MILSURP barrel that comes my way.
 
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