anapex
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So I made a couple of mistakes with my Garand these past couple weeks. First I shot what I thought was non-corrosive ammo through it when it was actually corrosive. Second I put off cleaning it for two weeks because I was busy and thought I could let it sit. Well now that I got to it, it was nice and rusty in the barrel. I've so far used hoppes and a brass brush on a rod from the front to clean it out (being careful not to ding the crown). It's to the point where I think I've gotten 98% of the rust out and only a few spots in the barrel aren't as shiny as they used to be. So what's my next step? I'm going to be checking back on the rifle periodically just to make sure anymore rust isn't forming but is there anything else I should do? Besides remember to clean my rifles right away. Oh yeah other then the bolt face which had a small ring of rust there wasn't any rust anywhere else like I expected. The gas tube just had a bunch of carbon build up like I expected and the op rod was basically the same.