Rube Goldberg bore cleaning device

[wh12725]

The following is a pic of what I put together when I receive a rifle that has that annoying dried cosmo in the bore area. The purist will certainly stick with picking at it for weeks.....mine goes away in 10-15 seconds! Keep in mind I never use it after the initial cleaning...no need to. I picked this tip up from another collecter years ago on Bill's Parallax sight....found it to be a real time saver. I use two sections of my old US Army issue cleaning rod and a .20 gauge bore/chamber brush and of course my trusty hand drill. The two sections make it look rather lengthy....but I've found it keeps the drill away from the stock while 'reaming' to avoid dinging the wood.





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[sunray]

"...The purist will certainly stick with picking at it for weeks..." Nope. This purist will drop the whole rifle into a tank of mineral spirits for 24 hours then just wipe it out. Buzzing a chamber with a brush doesn't mean all the cosmoline comes out. Although, I'd bet most of it does.

[Scota4570]

The quickest way I have ever seen to destroy a good shooing barrel is to spin a brush in it with an electric drill. Be forewarned.

[Niner]

You are probably right Scota4570 , thanks for joining us, but hey, if it looks good...... maybe it is good. But seriously , sometimes bores that look less than pristine shoot better than those that look factory new. Never could understand this, but it's one of those things that make this hobby interesting.