M44 7.62X54Rwith a nice clean barrel and blued metal

oldironsights · Post by **oldironsights** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:28 am

afish4570, why not just shoot five or ten quick rounds out of her, then clean her while still hot?

That always works for me even with the most rusty & pitted bores.

afish4570 · Post by **afish4570** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:56 pm

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 check later this evening or this am. Patches are not as black as they were earlier. If I use the lead removal cloth(G96) that seems to scuff up bore and really turn patches black. Don't think I will shoot any jacketed ammo thru this gun as the saga is just too much.....When Ido stry my cast bullet load thru it I will soak with a wet patch after swabbing out barrel with a apatch or two.afish4570

afish4570 · Post by **afish4570** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:09 pm

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 hurry, lots to do,pistol shooting (IDPA type) at local club Tues...afish4570

oldironsights · Post by **oldironsights** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:03 am

afish4570 wrote: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 hurry, lots to do,pistol shooting (IDPA type) at local club Tues...afish4570

afish4570, I think you would be pleased at the results if you fired ten quick rounds through your M44 & cleaned it while HOT!

You would be very surprised what the shock of shooting will loosen & how well cleaning chemicals work while hot or very warm.

afish4570 · Post by **afish4570** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:44 am

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 shoot lead over the fouling I would think the fouling would be more difficult to remove???afish4570

M44 7.62X54Rwith a nice clean barrel and blued metal

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