Shot my 45 Cal yesterday. Came home, bucket of hot soapy water and scrub until clean. Then ran an oil patch down the bore. I picked up a bore scope a week ago. So, I took a look at the bore and took this pic.
All I can say is....don't look down your bore. Just tell yourself it's really clean and well protected!!!
Is that just a threaded part of the flash hole that was drilled....or is that the liner "poking" its way into the bore?
Once a year when I take my annual shower.
Just my offhand quick-glance opinion of your pic, but your bore does look a bit rough. That being said, as pointed out above, a borescope can make a bore look worse than it really is. But OTH to do a 180 and take another POV, the bore of my new Rice barrel that came with my Kibler Colonial .58 cal smootbore was rough indeed, and I didn't need any borescope to see that, and so spent some considerable time polishing that bore before I ever shot it. And the results were worth the extra work. IMO that's par for the course these days, and pretty much along with the typical new firearm "break-ins" it's something the new end user has to deal with.
I have not had any corrosion using hot soapy water with a tight patch, clear water rinse, WD patch to displace any remaining moisture, dry patch and a Gunzilla patch to protect the bore.Shot my 45 Cal yesterday. Came home, bucket of hot soapy water and scrub until clean. Then ran an oil patch down the bore. I picked up a bore scope a week ago. So, I took a look at the bore and took this pic.
All I can say is....don't look down your bore. Just tell yourself it's really clean and well protected!!!
