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KYHillChick bought me a Teslong borescope for my birthday-- $50.

I couldn't be happier:



That's a pic down the bore of my MAS 36-- certainly the biggest basket case in the rack. I've got more pics and details here:

New Bore Scope

Not saying you need to clean that bore ... BUT !!!

This product will take care of that fouling in short order, I use a punch type of jag with tight fitting patches. 4-6 patches short stroked will do the job. Then follow with 4 patches of bore solvent.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Flitz-Gun-Bore-Cleaner-7-6-oz-Bottle-/124218944821?hash=item1cec06ad35

Believe it or not, that pic is after I ran Flitz down the bore for 100 strokes. This rifle was a birthday present a few years ago. I got it shooting about 2 MOA and then cleaned it again and put it away. The last patch was clean. Moral: a clean patch does not necessarily mean it's clean.

Maybe y’all can tell me what that stuff is that seems to be missing from the land in this pic



just to the left you can see the raised area where it looks like delamination. In the mirror you can see a chunk missing.

You need to adjust the light source down a bit lower.

That “looks” like a Crevis in the metal in the land with some carbon build up on it ?

I’d have to look at this closer without so much light to tell for sure - unfortunately it’s easy to confuse raised vs. sunk surfaces in a bore scope.

Same spot just closer view.

That looks like lead or carbon build up in the grooves.

I’d wire brush the snot out of it (remember NOT to reverse the brush in the bore) to see if it loosens up and comes out.

Make sure you mark the spot you were checking on your bore scope with tape so you can go back in and see the same spot.

Interesting it is. To date that barrel has at least 1000 strokes of JB Bore Paste, Bronze brush and combinations there of. Same spot



Every once in awhile I will set out to brutalize myself and pull that tube out of the cabinet to remind myself of what believing what’s on the internet can do.
I might still make a tomato stake out of it.
😄

How does it shoot? I have 2 rifles with barrels that look like crap and are copper mines but shoot MOA and under. I quit worrying about it and learned to use bore solvent over night when I clean them.

Bore scopes? A barrel makers friend.

Yep!

Ive had a bore-scope long enough now to realize that rough bores with copper fouling (as in the first post) don't necessarily shoot better if you clean out the copper. In fact, they often shoot worse until the copper build-up fills some of the the pits again....

As a practicing shaman, I have experience with such Secrets Man Was Not Meant to Know. Still, thanks for the warning.

Swiftly the last pick is of course pressure / fire erosion...

But listen to Mule Deer - it might shoot just fine.

Find out if it likes shooting dirty, and do what ever she likes to shoot the best.
The only thing I can say is stay with the same type of bullet, some types of copper don’t like other types of copper and make strange results.

I found that out the hard way. I have a 700 in 30-06 that would stack up bullets up at 100 yards. I decided to clean it real good one day with copper remover and now it's just average. I guess I'll need to shoot it until it gets back to normal.

ALSO! Remember these scopes magnify everything to make it look worse than it is. When I first used mine, it scared me until I realized this. Tiny pits look like potholes and copper streaks look big as the lines in the road.

Good God am I laughing here.
That last pic was taken 3 months ago and only posted once, Mule Deer never commented on it just like he didn’t here.
Why, because that barrel was taken off and replaced over a year ago and he knows it.
Have had a new Krieger tube on that rifle since June of last year. Still haven’t shot it.
Guess I should have just used sandpaper on the barrel as was suggested on here according to well informed sources and supposedly the company.
Would have saved the tube. 🤣

Swifty,

WTF are you talking about? I did NOT mention any photo you posted here, just the one in shaman's first post.

Nothing to laugh at - some barrels look crappy but still shoot that’s pretty much all that was said.

But hey if it shoots good, and you have a smith replace it because of what you saw in a bore scope - thanks for supporting the proffesion.

I know that, he did.

Spotshooter, I am laughing cuz you stepped in a pile of sh*t and didn’t know it. But you kinda deserve it. Do some research first.

I didn’t realize I was replying to a pile of sh*t... I was calling what I saw in a crappy bore scope pick.

thanks for the clarification, I agree the dodgy post was a sh*tty play on your part.