Looking at a really nice milsurp but it has a frosted barrel????

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Is there anything that can be done to repair a frosted barrel like run a snake down it a bunch of times or would that just ware out the barrel more?
 
You can "lighten" it with daily applications of Hoppes 9, however it might also expose some pitting. Some ppl do polishing but it's effectively ruining the value of the gun.
 
if it's just frosted, you know it will probably shoot just fine eh? Unless your just buying for collecting purposes..in which case i understand wanting a pristine unit.
 
I would not hesitate to buy a rifle with frosty bore. I have some and they shoot as good as any. After initial cleaning some become more brighter, but this is more on aesthetic side.
 
FWIW, I bought a matching K98 from an friend's estate. It was more than frosty. It had been shot with corrosive ammo and not cleaned. I nearly wore my arm out trying to spruce up the bore. Finally, with nothing to lose, I took it out and fired a batch of Yugo surplus through it, the stuff with the "nickle" plated bullets. Voila! A good slopping with FLUID FILM and it looks quite respectable now.
 
OP, the use of a bore snake will like do more damage than is already present. If the rifle is priced accordingly I wouldn't hesitate on it if I wanted it.
 
I have to agree with what has been said here.

It might clean up pristine, it might not. Some of the most accurate military surplus rifles I've fired had frosted bores. If the lands are good and the bore tight that's all that matters.
 
Horilka said:
How could a piece of rope damage the barrel?
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The rope creates friction. The fibers in said rope are abrasive. When the rope gets dirty it is even more abrasive. It is next to impossible to get the abrasive grit out of the rope once it gets dirty. The carbon residue from inside the barrel is harder than the steel as well.

I can remember a Portuguese Colonial Sergeant jamming his boot half way up a recruit's butt when he insisted the pull through material was to soft to harm the crown of his rifle and couldn't be bothered to use a muzzle cap/protector supplied with the rifle. More rifles have had their accuracy destroyed by POOR cleaning techniques than any other cause.

Why do you think so many old Mosins/Mausers/SKSs/Martinis/Springfields etc are counterbored???? The counterbore was done to make an other wise accurate bore serviceable again after some troopie for some unknown reason used POOR cleaning techniques. I have seen more than one fellow use pull through cords and pull them to one side of the muzzle, rather than straight through. It is a recipe for disaster down the road.
 
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