Shotgun bleeding?

[collector67]

Hi all
I was extensively cleaning my recently purchased Geha (Mauser conversion) 12 guage bolt action shotgun with Wipeout bore cleaner, and I noticed that the runoff and the patches from the bore were dark red....freaked me out, I thought I had cut myself and was bleeding...I am guessing that this is residue from the hulls of plastic shotgun shells????

 

[Winchested]

That or red gun oil. Lucas makes red gun oil.

 

[pinkmoon]

How new is the Gun? Could it have been some sort of grease used in shipping ? It may also just be the Bore cleaner reacting with the grime in the barrel.

If it ran clean after a few passes then It was most likley just some old oil or grease in the barrel.

 

[RobSmith]

Leftover lubricant from the manufacturing process ?

 

[collector67]

She's an old 1918 Spandau G 88 that was converted to a 2 shot bolt action 12 guage after WW1...been fired many times, and I thought I had cleaned it extensively before I took it to the range.