Teslong Bore scope

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Decided to buy myself one for an early Christmas present, just got to playing around with it.
https://www.amazon.com/Teslong-Borescope-Side-View-Semi-Rigid-Smartphone/dp/B07TTQF24F/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=V3RWXBM6Q28R&dchild=1&keywords=teslong+borescope&qid=1609639203&sprefix=TESLOG,aps,224&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=AFI3X2X3YFS02&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzTUJSVTdYWUlYUkVUJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTM2OTM4MjMxMEVFVkc2NFZGRCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjM3ODg1M1E4S1ZaSFowRzdTUyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

Plugged into my WIN10 laptop, brought up the camera app good to go, nothing else to load on WIN10.

$49 so a decent price
I haven't checked all my other bores yet (ignorance is bliss) but thought I would take a look a my 9mm 1911 after a couple hundred rounds.
Yuck
These are just the dirty pics (no not those kind!), did a quick clean on it tonight and will again after my match tomorrow.
SS barrel 55K + rounds
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Then I will look and see how clean it really is after the normal way I have been cleaning it.
(prepared to say oopps that didn't do it)

Happy with my new toy so far.
The last pic is just at the edge of the chamber.
 

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Bought mine a few months ago as well. It teaches one thing rather well: a bore scope is not end all-be all diagnosis. I have had "dirty" barrels shoot fine. But I like using my borescope to look for problems. And I offer the same to my customers. If they are just curious to see what their bore looks like, I can give them a video or picture tour all the way down from chamber to crown.
 
I have one and really like it. Showed me how much copper I hadn't been getting out along with some carbon build up in a few barrels. Handy, but as was mentioned above there were a number of barrels that were shooting just great and were filthy so it's just a tool and not a final diagnosis. I use it as more of an audit on how well certain bore solvents work and can attest Bore Tech CU+2 works great.
 
Welcome to the club.
I learned a few things with mine.
1) slightly dirty barrels still shoot well.
2) damaged rifling can still shoot well.
3) Hoppes, butches bore shine, and shooter's choice all do a poor job on built up fouling.
4) mil-surp barrels can have solid rifling under all that carbon fouling.
 
Dudedog said:
Troy if you are interested in one, I believe there are apps for I phone or Android.
They have some models for abpout $90 that come with their own screen.
(search Amazon for Teslong bore scope)
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I just have my fire tablet, but for some reason I can't install anymore apps even some will not update either. The one with the screen is nice, he nice to be able to post some interesting finds.
 
Walkalong said:
I had an app on my Android, but it died and work replaced it with an IPhone. I haven't found an app for it, anyone know where one is?
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Their site says android or windows. I don't think it works on Iphone.
You might try downloading a generic endoscope app.
I use mine on my laptop.
 
@Walkalong what do you use to get a barrel clean like your clean pictures ? One look at my barrels told me that I wasn't cleaning as well as I thought I had been all these years. I realize that you do not need a totally clean barrel all the time, but it would be nice to get a fresh clean start once in a while. I bought some new brushes, but I realize that Hoppes, Shooters Choice, etc just isn't going to get the built up stuff out. Just because you get a clean patch doesn't mean it's clean :)

-jeff
 
OK well sort of clean, still have a carbon ring in the chamber,
start of rifling does not look so good but 55K+ rounds, most in bursts of 30 rounds in 30 seconds (give or take, -USPSA stages)
The evil ring
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Start of rifling
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A couple more
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another start of rifling pic
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But it still shoots decent, about time for a new one however.
 

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Stainless steel, Springfield 9mm 1911

Of course now the carbon ring has got to come out some how....
(now that I know it's there)


Need to figure out how to dim the LEDs from the WIN10 camera app.
To bright on the above pics.
 
Now I need to get out my other 9mm 1911 with only a 1000 rounds and see what the start of rifling looks like on it.

I assume all the little groves/valleys are powder erosion.
(and of course the carbon ring...)
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