FINALLY, a use for a stainless steel bore brush

[mike in co]

never put a stainless steel brush in a good bore.

but i have three mosin nagant carbines with rusty bores. i have done some long clean proceedures in the past to try to improve poor/rusty bores.

yesterday i tried something new...and it was quick!

naval jelly( rust remover) on a ss brush....40 strokes, let it sit for 10-15 min, patch out, and do it again.......then regular copper cleaning with number 9/or sweets 7.62.

bingo less than one hour from sewer pipe to service very good bore.

mike in co

[Bob S]

+1

I did this about 40 years ago with four Krags that I bought from a flower shop owner, who found them in the shop when she purchased it. It looked like those rifles had spent half of their lives in that humid environment. I still own one of them, and it's a hammer.

Resp'y,
Bob S.

[moulton]

Just don't get any of the navel jelly on the bluing.