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Paul
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Re: How I clean Barrels
03/07/09 08:05 PM

You're not old-fashioned, Hommer, far from it.

When I was a kid the farmers I knew regarded cleaning guns as a ritual
like a priest washing his hands. A bristle brush was shunted up and down the
barrels from the wrong end a few times, sometimes even with a bit of oil that
claimed to do everything. Of course pitting resulted but people just thought
that was bad luck. When I started using humble aqueous solutions of Young's 303 as
a solvent on successive patches, blokes would look at each other as though I was nuts - and not because they were using something better.

I guess people had other things to soak up their time then, like washing dishes and
going to church.

By the way, how long have shooters been breaking in barrels? A serious reader of shooting mags as a kid, this is a concept I'd never heard of until recent years. Just when I thought non-corrosive primers and stainless barrels were going to lighten the load, we are charged with doing this. I suppose it makes sense but the makers who promote it could at least lap the barrels if smoothness is that important. Once cars had to be extensively run in - but not any more. We expect them to pretty much right when we get them. I do remember Mannlicher-Schoenauer claimed their barrels were easier to clean because of the rifling/finish, however.

Cheers
- Paul

Edited by Paul (03/07/09 08:09 PM)

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Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	05/06/09 09:44 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	500Nitro	05/06/09 09:46 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	05/06/09 09:57 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	05/06/09 10:07 AM
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Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	05/06/09 10:37 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	05/06/09 10:59 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	JabaliHunter	05/06/09 06:48 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	DarylS	06/06/09 12:30 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Bramble	06/06/09 11:24 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	kamilaroi	06/06/09 01:02 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	DarylS	06/06/09 11:35 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Ripp	07/06/09 12:28 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	DarylS	08/06/09 12:07 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Ripp	08/06/09 02:58 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	bwananelson	08/06/09 04:11 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Homer	10/06/09 10:37 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	RHB	03/07/09 03:17 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Paul	03/07/09 08:05 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	DarylS	03/07/09 09:54 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Tatume	03/07/09 11:49 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	010166	04/07/09 03:20 AM
Re: How I clean Barrels	CptCurl	04/07/09 08:55 PM
Re: How I clean Barrels	Paul	04/07/09 10:39 PM
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