B bisonhd CGN frequent flyer EE Expired Rating - 100% 62 0 0 Location Victoria BC Apr 22, 2007 #1 What is the crusty brown stuff used to mount scopes, inside lapped rings and under bases? and, how does one remove it?
What is the crusty brown stuff used to mount scopes, inside lapped rings and under bases? and, how does one remove it?
yodave CGN Ultra frequent flyer Rating - 100% 437 0 0 Apr 22, 2007 #2 sounds like nicotine to me..........try a small amount of bore solvent on a Q-tip
P prosper CGN Ultra frequent flyer EE Expired Rating - 100% 100 0 0 Location Edmonton Apr 22, 2007 #3 rosin, not resin. No idea how to remove it, but I'd bet hoppes would do it
guntech CGN Ultra frequent flyer Rating - 100% 312 0 0 Apr 23, 2007 #4 Powdered rosin in rings compresses and looks hard to remove but with Hoppes and some extra fine steel wool it removes very easily.
Powdered rosin in rings compresses and looks hard to remove but with Hoppes and some extra fine steel wool it removes very easily.
A art.h Regular EE Expired Rating - 100% 2 0 0 Location manvers /cavan/peterborough Apr 23, 2007 #5 if it is real rosin, turpentine is the natural solvent
gunasauras CGN Ultra frequent flyer Rating - 99.8% 1690 4 3 Location Western Manitoba Apr 23, 2007 #6 Sounds more like dried up loctite....a little steel wool with oil will remove it.....