What is the best way to remove rust from a barrel?

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A friend of mine gave me an old sks that has some rust down the pipe. I would like to try and restore this rifle as more of a challenge then the actual value of the rifle.

I was thinking of soaking it in a penetrating oil like kroil then wire brushing the sh!t out of it. Then follow up with a normal cleaning routine. After all that then I was going to take it to the range and fire 200+ rounds through it then once home give it the boiling water treatment followed up with a regular cleaning.

Does that procedure sounds good? Could it be dangerous to shoot a barrel with some rust in it?

Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated. Thanks!
 
Oil..yes; wire brush...yes;boiling water...NEVER! Would you subject a good cast iron fry pan to the boiling water treatment? Only if you want everything to stick like glue until after spending a long time reseasoning it.
 
Edenchef said:
Oil..yes; wire brush...yes;boiling water...NEVER! Would you subject a good cast iron fry pan to the boiling water treatment? Only if you want everything to stick like glue until after spending a long time reseasoning it.
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The boiling water is to neutralize and wash away the corrosive primer salts. I'll be shooting cz surplus ammo. Immediately after the boiling water I will follow with a normal cleaning routine and finish off by running an oily patch through the bore.
 
Unless there is a barrel obstruction, why not just go shoot it? Then clean it. Any rust should be wiped away with a few rounds and you've spent you're time shooting the gun.
 
Another good thing to do on a sewer pipe bore is after soaking in oil/clp for a bit go at it with a bronze bore brush with cleaning rods attached to a drill. Obviously not from the business end/crown of the rifle but from the other way , from the chamber or back of rifle.
Easy to do with a Sks , just remove the cover , spring , bolt carrier and bolt and your good to clean from the back. You might need an extra length of cleaning rod for overall length. The end of the cleaning rod opposite the bronze brush at the tip will fit in a drill , tighten it down in the drill and give er. I would do a couple passes then run a patch. Repeat until clean.
 
I will say this after working on a Jungle Carbine that had sat in a closet wrapped in a blanket for about 20+ years just recently.
Rifle itself was not too bad shape, all matching but the bore! Mother of god.I thought the bore was toast. I could see maybe half the diameter because of the built up crud in it.
All the hype, gimmick products, "tricks of the trade" and advice I followed on here helped a little. I was still very disappointed after working on it for hours a day for a couple days. Outlook appeared to be very bad.
Then I took it to the range and shot it.
Boom! Clean. Still has shine and rifling is razor sharp. Some slight surface pits in between the lands but night and day difference and it still shoots very well.
Just plug the muzzle with something, spray a large amount of penetrating oil down the chamber and let is sit for a day or so.
Then run brushes many many times.
Then take it out and shoot about 20 rounds through it, take it home and clean it. You may be amazed Sir.
 
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