I understand all this advice is well intentioned.
A lot of it is harmful.
An 03A3 is a prize!! The FIRST RULE is "Do no harm"
Please! No stainless steel brushes! No steelwool! NO Green Scotchbrite!!
Get a Montana black nylon brush. Get some 30 cal patches.And a good solvent.
Hoppes benchrest has mild copper removing power.
Bore-tec eliminator,wipe out,etc.are GOOD! But pick one and use it.DON"T mix solvents.(don't try one on top of the other)
Your bore should see wet patches,dry patches,a nylon brush,solvent,and preservative oil.IF you want to use a bronze brush,use it with Kroil penetrating oil. Copper solvents eat the brush.
Be advised,a brand new,unfired military barrel gets tossed in the black oxide or parkerize tank in manufacture.A parkerized barrel has a parkerized bore.
Parkerizing is a bit toothy.It will collect copper. It won't look shiny.
Even if it IS rust,what does it help to grind it out? It SHOOTS!!
An old trick for removing surface rust on the exterior is rubbing it with oil and a piece of COPPER!!
Jacketed bullets are as good a method as any to smooth rust.Remember bluing is smoothed over rust.
It would be really sad if the OP had a near new barrel and he ruined it by following BAD ADVICE!!
Just shoot it.
Kolns,this was a STAINLESS Mini-14 that rusted so bad you had to do all that? And you stored it with an oiled bore? You might check to see if a magnet sticks to the bullets of the ammo you are shooting.
Chlorinated hydrocarbons such as Brakleen,Carb cleaner,etc are BAD for stainless barrels.The 416 they use is typically sulphurized for machinability.The "degreaser" attacks the sulphur.Its a bad idea.
BEFORE you tell me I don't know what I am talking about,either search Scheumann Barrels,Documentation,Barrel cleaning,or just follow this link:
http://schuemann.com/Portals/0/Documentation/Webfile_Barrel_Cleaning.pdf
The article you will find was written by Jim Borden,of Precision Shooting
A lot of it is harmful.
An 03A3 is a prize!! The FIRST RULE is "Do no harm"
Please! No stainless steel brushes! No steelwool! NO Green Scotchbrite!!
Get a Montana black nylon brush. Get some 30 cal patches.And a good solvent.
Hoppes benchrest has mild copper removing power.
Bore-tec eliminator,wipe out,etc.are GOOD! But pick one and use it.DON"T mix solvents.(don't try one on top of the other)
Your bore should see wet patches,dry patches,a nylon brush,solvent,and preservative oil.IF you want to use a bronze brush,use it with Kroil penetrating oil. Copper solvents eat the brush.
Be advised,a brand new,unfired military barrel gets tossed in the black oxide or parkerize tank in manufacture.A parkerized barrel has a parkerized bore.
Parkerizing is a bit toothy.It will collect copper. It won't look shiny.
Even if it IS rust,what does it help to grind it out? It SHOOTS!!
An old trick for removing surface rust on the exterior is rubbing it with oil and a piece of COPPER!!
Jacketed bullets are as good a method as any to smooth rust.Remember bluing is smoothed over rust.
It would be really sad if the OP had a near new barrel and he ruined it by following BAD ADVICE!!
Just shoot it.
Kolns,this was a STAINLESS Mini-14 that rusted so bad you had to do all that? And you stored it with an oiled bore? You might check to see if a magnet sticks to the bullets of the ammo you are shooting.
Chlorinated hydrocarbons such as Brakleen,Carb cleaner,etc are BAD for stainless barrels.The 416 they use is typically sulphurized for machinability.The "degreaser" attacks the sulphur.Its a bad idea.
BEFORE you tell me I don't know what I am talking about,either search Scheumann Barrels,Documentation,Barrel cleaning,or just follow this link:
http://schuemann.com/Portals/0/Documentation/Webfile_Barrel_Cleaning.pdf
The article you will find was written by Jim Borden,of Precision Shooting
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