The latest page in the never ending saga of the "Leaded Bore From Hell" has our protagonist (moi) in a deadly embrace with one very fouled rifle and a new brace of stainless steel brushes. I have opted for the Big Medicine now, and have uncorked a skull and crossed bones bottle of very nasty cleaning solution that could double as a dandy drain cleaner.
Watch out Springfield, here it comes!
Obviously, the Foul Out System mentioned in our last episode has failed to remove to embeddded crud in the bore. It was a fully functioning unit, and had just successfuly de leaded a pistol some minutes before. We tried both copper and lead solutions in the rifle, with no noticeable effect.
I am convinced that this is no fault of the Foul out, but rather due to the unusual constituents of whatever the bullet material/powder fouling/godknowswhat that has acrued in the barrel.
I will clean it now with the nasty stuff, simply because I need to know if there is actually a bore left in there somewhere.
This is primarily to satisfy my own morbid curiousity, and I fully realize that I may have to replace the barrel in order to achieve any decent results in the long run.
BTW, I tried the Mercury trick, and it didn't work either.
I opted not to use the White Vinegar procedure, as it proved to be fairly corrosive to 4140, and removed/damaged bluing wherever it wet to it.
Watch out Springfield, here it comes!
Obviously, the Foul Out System mentioned in our last episode has failed to remove to embeddded crud in the bore. It was a fully functioning unit, and had just successfuly de leaded a pistol some minutes before. We tried both copper and lead solutions in the rifle, with no noticeable effect.
I am convinced that this is no fault of the Foul out, but rather due to the unusual constituents of whatever the bullet material/powder fouling/godknowswhat that has acrued in the barrel.
I will clean it now with the nasty stuff, simply because I need to know if there is actually a bore left in there somewhere.
This is primarily to satisfy my own morbid curiousity, and I fully realize that I may have to replace the barrel in order to achieve any decent results in the long run.
BTW, I tried the Mercury trick, and it didn't work either.
I opted not to use the White Vinegar procedure, as it proved to be fairly corrosive to 4140, and removed/damaged bluing wherever it wet to it.