I would try dawn and water lube, you might be surprised at the results
And no swabbing should be needed with a wet patch and that lube
And no swabbing should be needed with a wet patch and that lube
Bore Scope Results - Interpretation?
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You of course can have it re-bored but a lot of that roughness looks like carbon fouling to me and a good lead slug lap job will make that rifle shoot as good as new! The roughness is chewing up the patches and hooking the fouling.
The breech plug will need removed so the bore can be traversed one end to the other if you decide to try lapping.
Carbon fouling cooked on is harder to remove than jacket metal fouling in some instances.
Lapping doesn't change the diameters very much , what it does is take the sharp edge off any pitting and cleans out carbon fouling. As long as the patches don't tear the rifle will shoot as accurately as it ever did.
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I think your rifle is shooting pretty good. And the patches aren't burning out. I'd work on some load development and see if it can tighten up. If not, then I'd look at lapping it. Shoot again and if it shoots any better, leave it alone. Looking at a mirror smooth bore using modern optics is just giving you something to worry about. Try a different lube and 2F powder if you're not.
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that bore doesn't have enough boogie men in it to cause any trouble, but bored to.54 by bobby ?
no way will i comment against that. for a couple hundred bucks you will have a wonderful gun.
looks nice now, I wouldn't regret owning it.
no way will i comment against that. for a couple hundred bucks you will have a wonderful gun.
looks nice now, I wouldn't regret owning it.
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Hi Harry, from looking at your before & after pics I'd say the time spent getting the fouling and corrosion removed was time well spent and it cleaned up well. The rifle might shoot pretty well as is and should definitely be attempted, maybe with a thicker patch. I've owned plenty of rifles that shot well (and a couple that shot xlent) with a clean but pitted bore.
On the flip side, I recently took delivery on a B. Hoyt barrel that was opened up to 54 and it shot very well.
One other comment I'd like to make is EC recommended the Scotch Brite pad and that's what I do except I use the S/B patch wet with a solvent like Hoppes, Ed's Red or PB Blaster.
Good Luck with your project!
On the flip side, I recently took delivery on a B. Hoyt barrel that was opened up to 54 and it shot very well.
One other comment I'd like to make is EC recommended the Scotch Brite pad and that's what I do except I use the S/B patch wet with a solvent like Hoppes, Ed's Red or PB Blaster.
Good Luck with your project!
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Did anybody ever make or try to use a low flow rate power washer to clean their black powder barrels? Sounds like a potentially good idea, but low flow rate would be very important.
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There is a guy on here who rigged up his small gardening pump up tank sprayer to do the same thing.
Perhaps he will post the picture again.
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100 strokes with green and 100 strokes with white Scotchbrite will help considerably. Fit the patch of scotchbrite tite and take your time. It made a big difference on 2 fifty -fours and a fifty-eight for me!
hey friend. I don't have a bore scope yet.May I ask what the name of the one that you are using. That is very clear
That would be me. Here it is, won't help with the corrosion and pitting but will clean the bore from breech to muzzle. A pressure washer with the longer modification would work just as well. I experimented with modifying a steam cleaner but it didn't do as good a job than plain water from the garden sprayer.
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May I ask what the name of the one that you are using. That is very clear
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I had a .54 TC Renegade barrel I mentioned around here before. I picked it up on GB from a less than honest seller when he answered my bore condition question. It looked like an inverted cobble stone street from end to end. It took more than 1,000 patches to clean it up. Scotch-brite, JB compound, brushes, and more. In the end, that thing still shot decent groups!! I was shocked. Eventually sold it to someone who had Mr. Hoyt turn it into a .58.
I say follow the great advice given and take time to shoot it, probably thicker patches will do far better than not. Start with lighter loads and see what it will do.
I say follow the great advice given and take time to shoot it, probably thicker patches will do far better than not. Start with lighter loads and see what it will do.
Frontal shots with a bore scope always look bad, only the side shots count. If the pitting is mostly at the breech I would call it OK.
I have one with this at the breech, it accidentally had some standing water left in the breech.
But this a few inches from the breech, it is a tack driver.
I have one with this at the breech, it accidentally had some standing water left in the breech.
But this a few inches from the breech, it is a tack driver.
thank you sir
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