New Henry Dirty Barrell

I used JB sparingly and followed directions. The directions state "Repeat if Necessary" I didn't know there was a 2 hour time limit. It seems like some people are afraid of this stuff. If a barrell was destroyed using JB then the instructions were not followed properly, and lawsuits would have followed. Don't tell me that I used too much you don't know what you're talking about.
 
Don't tell me that I used too much you
don't know what you're talking about.
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I'm afraid we do. Whatever preservative/goo was left in the barrel
was long gone within the first 100 long strokes w/ the patch.

After that, all the "black stuff" on the patches was steel surface metal
being ever-so-continually removed/grooves edges rounded.

Shoot the rifle and clean normally from this point:

- Two wet patches,
- Two dry patches,
- 1 Oiled patch...

...and walk away.
 
No, Splat, YOU are the one who obviously doesn't know what you're talking about.

Insulting people who do when you ask for help doesn't get you very far.

If you worked on that bore for TWO hours with JB, you grossly overdid it.

There's no specific "hour limit", but the stuff is an abrasive & NOT meant for that much exposure.

Two hours is not "sparingly", the word you're looking for is excessive.

I've used JB for probably close to 20 years.
This is your first time?
And YOU'RE telling ME I don't know what I'M talking about?
I understand what it does, you don't.

The black stuff you scoured off was your bore steel for at least the last 100 minutes.

Next time you ask for help, either LISTEN to what people tell you, or don't bother asking in the first place.
Denis
 
I don't know why you think you are in any kind of position to tell me that I used too much JB? You are not the one cleaning the gun and observing the results. And I don't think you are following this thread very closely and here is why. I stated earlier that after using JB, I would then thoroughly clean out the JB with a conventional solvent. I then would use a bronze brush (10 -15) strokes, and then use a jag. I would do this 2 times and I was still seeing lead deposits. These deposits are NOT debris from JB interacting with the surface steel of the barrell. Remember the JB and the lead deposits were previously cleansed with a conventional solvent, and now I am still seeing lead deposits from just a conventional cleaning. So in reality, the JB never contacted the steel interior surface of the barrell. Do you follow? I explained this earlier but not this much detail. At this point I gave up on the JB. I then tried a product by Shooters Choice called Lead Remover. And as far as I'm concerned, this is one fantastic product. With 2 applications and about 30 strokes, ALL lead deposits were gone and I mean gone as in zilch. This was verified with a follow up conventional cleaning. So there you have it. Anyways I was getting frustrated with you and did not appreciate the comment about barrell cleaning as a hobby, very sarcastic, and all you could tell me was that I was using too much JB and wearing out the rifling very frustrating. Anyways I apologize for offending you and thank you for your input.

-splatman out
 
I'm done, too.
Splat, it's your gun & your problem.
Screw it up to your heart's content.

And then whine to Henry because they turned out a "bad" gun.
Denis
 
Something to consider is getting a cotton rope about bore sized, saturAting it with solvent, running it into the bore, forming both ends and leaving it for a week. Kept wet like that, it might even penetrate under metal and loosen it.
 
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