The quest still continues....being scrub for almost a month now. Last week have soaked with Ballistol and scrubbed with a bronze bore brush, clean patch (which are still black pretty bad) and then wet patch with Ballistol. Today I changed the chemical to Kroil....Any ideas. afish4570 :roll: :roll: :...

Went to show in upstate NY at Poughkeepsie Civic Ctr.and the prices aren't great and the condition of the milsurps is generally not worth the prices being asked. My recent bargain was at Gander Mt...just hit it right cause their prices are generally not terrific either....Just one guys opinion. The ...

Thanks for the tip again. Too much snow to get to range and waiting for a thaw. My rifle club did't plow anything except an area at the club house.....However I was going to make this a cast bullet only rifle and scrub the bore meticulously and then not pollute the barrel with condum boolits. If I s...

My love of the 4570 continues but after shooting a custom ported barrel with 420 gr.Hammerhead loads I'll hunt with my #3Ruger SS. Guarenteed to make a flincher out of you. No fun but quite an experience. Sort of like these super new roller coasters.....HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE.afish4570 :roll: :roll: ...

Soaked the last few days with Kroil,Hoppes Elite, and tonight its Hoppes Bench Rest Copper Solvent. When brushed patches are still coming out black, not quite as bad when I started but bad enough. When my next order is placed I'll order an 8mm or 30 cal SS brush and see what that loosens up. No hurr...

Not much listed on the M44. Mine has a hammer & scycle with leaves around it. 1945 with r in cyrillic next to it.afish4570

What store is the big5????Went to a local gun show in Pughkeepsie,n.y. Sunday and found a few from !00-175 $$$ and the bores looked clean but pitted pretty bad by the corrosive ammo used and poor cleaning. If one fell into my lap with a nice bore I'd like to make a shooter out of it using the Graf c...

Can't find my 30 cal SS brush and do hate to use it for the fear of scratching bore. So I soaked in in PB Blaster a supposedly great penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench that someone suggested on the Cast Boolit forum. Did that with a wet patch after scrubbing with a 8mm (oversized brush) and will che...

About two hrs. of soaking with Hoppes Elite. Next used G96 Lead Cloth coming at as black as when I started.Swapped out with old Hoppes followed by patch with steel wool (40000) and again withJB Bore compound and Kroil. Will soak over night....its 1055pm now...afish4570

Soaked with household ammonia for 18 hrs. and scrubbed again. Still showing black on patches after scrubbing with bore brush. Soaking now with Hoppes Elite to continue the quest.afish4570 Midhudson valley....