I was talking on the phone last night, idly looking at my USP when I saw some odd brown-red flecks on the INSIDE of the barrel.
Hanging up immediately ("Oh, I forgot! My water's boiling on the stove! Call you back in a minute!") I put a patch on a jag through the barrel to discover, in fact, quite a bit of brownish-red rust-looking flecks/stuff coming out.
As far as I know, I meticulously clean the barrel after each use (brass brush 20 times, Hoppes' on patches until clean, oil on patch, more patches until dry).
This is followed by Hoppes on a patch on the frame/slide/outside of barrel, and then a liberal coating of oil which gets wiped off. This is then followed by a wiping down with a silicone cloth.
Why would I be seeing rust flecks in my barrel? Am I doing something wrong? Could the Hoppes be corrosive? Is the Remington Bore Cleaner or Breakfree CLP better/worse?
Now that I think about, whenever I use a oiled cotton rag on the outside of my blued Ruger 22/45, I also notice that the rag becomes a little brownish, too.
Is there something I'm missing in the cleaning/lubing procedure? Is this normal?
I live in NJ, where's damn humid all the time, but I don't carry my guns, and there's pretty much no salt spray.
Thanks!
-Jon
Hanging up immediately ("Oh, I forgot! My water's boiling on the stove! Call you back in a minute!") I put a patch on a jag through the barrel to discover, in fact, quite a bit of brownish-red rust-looking flecks/stuff coming out.
As far as I know, I meticulously clean the barrel after each use (brass brush 20 times, Hoppes' on patches until clean, oil on patch, more patches until dry).
This is followed by Hoppes on a patch on the frame/slide/outside of barrel, and then a liberal coating of oil which gets wiped off. This is then followed by a wiping down with a silicone cloth.
Why would I be seeing rust flecks in my barrel? Am I doing something wrong? Could the Hoppes be corrosive? Is the Remington Bore Cleaner or Breakfree CLP better/worse?
Now that I think about, whenever I use a oiled cotton rag on the outside of my blued Ruger 22/45, I also notice that the rag becomes a little brownish, too.
Is there something I'm missing in the cleaning/lubing procedure? Is this normal?
I live in NJ, where's damn humid all the time, but I don't carry my guns, and there's pretty much no salt spray.
Thanks!
-Jon