Best way to clean a cruddy milsurp bore

[zipty6]

i have found many times that a 'furry' bore is the result of an oiled gun sitting on the butt collecting dust. you might get lucky and end up with a shiny,sharp bore

This is what I am hoping. The exterior of the gu is pretty pitted, so I'm trying to keep my expectations down.

 

[ronny]

Electrolysis and patience. I have performed bore surgery on a host of Mosins and Mausers using this technique. On really dirty ones, you'll find it may take a number of passes, but it works.

 

[zipty6]

The foaming stuff made a bunch of black patches. I think it would take a ton to accomplish what I'm after. I see a trip to the hardware store for a steel rod and some rubber rings in my future. Between now and then I will continue to assault the gronk with a variety of aromatic chemicals.

 

[ronny]

Instead of O-rings, I just used some electrical tape wrapped around about three spots down the length of the rod.

 

[swampratt]

Copper chor boy the copper, NOT copper coated, wrap this around the bore brush you have.
If you want a chemical that removes cooked on and old crud, Berryman carb cleaner is hard to beat.
Follow up that with transfluid and acetone mixed together.

That is if you are still doing chemicals.

 

[zipty6]

I ended up running around with the boy this morning, so we stopped by the hardware store. Electrolysis has been going for about 10 minutes now. The crud coming out of the muzzle is impressive. It is very black. He tried to pop one of the bubbles with a toothpick. The stuff stuck to the end of the toothpick was black sludge.

 

[Toney]

I sanded the paint of a coat hanger and used black tape for my electric cleaner.

 

[zipty6]

This is from about 10 minutes in:

 

[ronny]

That's doing what it's supposed to do. There's copper in them thar hills.

 

[zipty6]

That's doing what it's supposed to do. There's copper in them thar hills.

I'll be rich!