J-B Bore Paste Substitute
- Thread starter conor_90
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X2. This works better than anything but watch the video and dont get it on stuff like some stock finishes as its actually LC-30 acid. Also thouroughly clean and flush with Isopropyl alcohol anything it may contact.
Elpolliano
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- Location
- Surrey by the sea (nanaimo)
plenty of patches has iosso and jb bore paste at a good price.
Using carb out and it does not seem to be doing much, pretty disappointed
Either that or the barrel is shot out, which honestly I wouldn’t doubt
I can see rifling in the barrel but if I look at the bore with a light from the front it looks damn near smooth bore
WTS: CZ 527 “ has been hunted with”
Either that or the barrel is shot out, which honestly I wouldn’t doubt
I can see rifling in the barrel but if I look at the bore with a light from the front it looks damn near smooth bore
WTS: CZ 527 “ has been hunted with”
Okay I changed my mind about carb out.
I found an 8mm copper brush in my gun cleaning tote. I let carb out soak for 20 mins, brushed the hell out of it and ran a patch through. Came out black
Finally some headway; I’ve been cleaning with hoppes and a nylon brush (super unusual for me; I usually just use patch out on rifles)
and wipe out and everything was coming out “clean”. Even did a few patch out runs following the 5 min soak patch method with no results.
If I can get this thing to look less like a shotgun bore and finish the ~800 rounds I have left I will be a happy camper
I found an 8mm copper brush in my gun cleaning tote. I let carb out soak for 20 mins, brushed the hell out of it and ran a patch through. Came out black
Finally some headway; I’ve been cleaning with hoppes and a nylon brush (super unusual for me; I usually just use patch out on rifles)
and wipe out and everything was coming out “clean”. Even did a few patch out runs following the 5 min soak patch method with no results.
If I can get this thing to look less like a shotgun bore and finish the ~800 rounds I have left I will be a happy camper
It's not the carb out that's working its the bronze brush. If there's a lot of carbon you will still need to use jb or you will be brushing forever. Which I have done before with no harm at all to the bore. The jb also doesn't seem to harm the bore although I only use it when the carbon is adding up
CLR for carbon - RJ
but I’m sure we will told different 
Fine grade valve grinding compound would work, but I'd go easy. - dan
- Location
- Delta B.C.
Reliable carries JB and kroil..
Edit: currently out of stock on the JB according to the website but I did see some on the shelf at the downtown location about a month ago. Call and ask maybe.
Edit: currently out of stock on the JB according to the website but I did see some on the shelf at the downtown location about a month ago. Call and ask maybe.
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Well, if Simichrome works, I imagine Autosol or Flitz would work too. Think I still have a tube of each left from back in the day.
- Location
- Delta B.C.
For deep cleaning I use Kroil and JB bore cleaning as well as Bore Bright, depending on severity of build up. However I have a bore scope to aid me with decisions. One of the most valuable tools I've ever purchased. It can be used to save you lots if you pre-inspect guns at the store.
I spray a little Kroil into the barrel then brass brush it and let it soak. I repeat this a few times over a one day period of soaking before running a few patches then inspect with my camera. If the JB is needed based on inspection I start with the Kroil and brush. Then taking the brush I wrap it with a patch and apply the JB with my finger working it into the patch and bristles. I will work the JB Kroil combination back and forth counting the strokes mostly to remember how hard it is to get clean. When I think it may be clean enough I point the barrel down into a bucket and spray Crud Buster through it then compressed air. Then Kroil and clean brush a couple passes, then patch it out again and inspect. There are tons of ways guys do this but it really can bring some life back to a barrel and works the charm if your stripping out jacket copper so you can run mono copper bullets. If you can ask around to see if you can borrow a bore scope or just do the amazon thing like me and get a Teslong it's a really good time and money saver in the long run. Cheers
I spray a little Kroil into the barrel then brass brush it and let it soak. I repeat this a few times over a one day period of soaking before running a few patches then inspect with my camera. If the JB is needed based on inspection I start with the Kroil and brush. Then taking the brush I wrap it with a patch and apply the JB with my finger working it into the patch and bristles. I will work the JB Kroil combination back and forth counting the strokes mostly to remember how hard it is to get clean. When I think it may be clean enough I point the barrel down into a bucket and spray Crud Buster through it then compressed air. Then Kroil and clean brush a couple passes, then patch it out again and inspect. There are tons of ways guys do this but it really can bring some life back to a barrel and works the charm if your stripping out jacket copper so you can run mono copper bullets. If you can ask around to see if you can borrow a bore scope or just do the amazon thing like me and get a Teslong it's a really good time and money saver in the long run. Cheers
