Here is a crazy idea!

[Link23]

who here has put Flitz polishing paste on thier guns to shine them up and to smooth up a rough lever action? what if you put some Flitz in some Lube? what do you think would it work?

Link23

[geargnasher]

It's better if you roll the boolits between two steel plates coated with Flitz to embed the driving bands with it. Do this after filling the grooves with traditional lube.

Gear

[Jim]

Gear, if I may, I'd like to add just a word of advice to your suggestion.

Link, if you decide to try this, use a VERY LIGHT pressure on the steel plate you're doing the rolling with. I'm not jokin' ya', you can actually roll the diameter of the boolit smaller with a bit too much pressure on the plate you're handling.

[mdi]

Are you talkin' 'bout polishing/lapping the bore? Or smoothing the action? A bit of Flitz placed on sliding/mating surfaces and worked may polish the action a bit, but the gun should be thouroughly cleaned to remove all abrasive before re-assembly. I have read though, of hand polishing a bore using Flitz on a patch...

[facetious]

after firelapping i used some flitz on a tight patch to finish up. got real shiney .cleans up easer and lead dos not seam to stick as bad.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

I have read though, of hand polishing a bore using Flitz on a patch...

I have polished many a rough bore this way.
I wouldn't put it in a lube or on boolits...but maybe I'm missin' out ?
Jon

[fecmech]

My Winchester 94 .357 had a slightly rough area ahead of the throat the tended to lead a bit. I loaded 5 wadcutters with rubbing compound in the grooves instead of lube over 3 grs of Bullseye and shot them. It seemed to do the trick as it no longer leads there.

[runfiverun]

try some bright white paper as a paper patch.
the titanium dioxide will shine up and smooth out a bore right quick.
if you want it done faster, add some lapping compound to the outside of the paper.

[GP100man]

Ain`t no worser than fillin a revolvers action with tooth paste to shine the innards a bit (not me) but it did get into every nook & crany of the works & hardened quite concretely what he could`nt wash out !!!