MtnCreek
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Not sure if this is the right spot for this.
I have an old Winchester 22 that I'm having trouble getting cleaned up. The grooves in the bore are dirty with what I'm thinking is a combination of carbon and lead.
I ran a couple of kroil soaked patches through it, brushed it out and used more kroil patches, then let it sit overnight. The following day I cleaned on it with shooters choice solvent (MC 7 ?), using both patches and a brush. I can get it clean to the point where any patch will come out clean, but the grooves are still holding fouling. After brushing again I will get more black patches. I tried a new brush to make sure I was not reintroducing fouling into the bore and I keep my rod clean between passes.
I reluctantly used JB paste on two patches. One was JB in a kroil soaked bore and the other was in a solvent soaked bore. This did not appear to help the grooves.
I plan to work on it a little more today. I have KG1 and Hopps 9 and some more aggressive solvents made for copper. I believe I'm using the wrong tools for the job, but am unsure what the right tools are. Any suggests?
Thanks.
I have an old Winchester 22 that I'm having trouble getting cleaned up. The grooves in the bore are dirty with what I'm thinking is a combination of carbon and lead.
I ran a couple of kroil soaked patches through it, brushed it out and used more kroil patches, then let it sit overnight. The following day I cleaned on it with shooters choice solvent (MC 7 ?), using both patches and a brush. I can get it clean to the point where any patch will come out clean, but the grooves are still holding fouling. After brushing again I will get more black patches. I tried a new brush to make sure I was not reintroducing fouling into the bore and I keep my rod clean between passes.
I reluctantly used JB paste on two patches. One was JB in a kroil soaked bore and the other was in a solvent soaked bore. This did not appear to help the grooves.
I plan to work on it a little more today. I have KG1 and Hopps 9 and some more aggressive solvents made for copper. I believe I'm using the wrong tools for the job, but am unsure what the right tools are. Any suggests?
Thanks.