Pedersoli 12ga question.

[Acohill1]

After cleaning my 12ga made by pedersoli I looked down the barrels with a light and I can see like a "chamber" of sorts in the bottom and it looks like there is fouling building up. I've tried using a 410 a 20ga and all sorts of brushes and stuff to get it to shine back at me lime the rest of the bore but alas I have not been successful. Is this normal for pedersolis? Do u guysbhave a way to easily get that smaller chamber clean without much fuss?

Edit: can I leave it till Wednesday? I'll boil water and get a 10ga brush by then? If not I have to run to the store for more cleaning patches. Rest of the bore is sparkling clean

 

[wiscoaster]

Yes, that's normal for Pedersolis. Use an oversized brush that's going to get destroyed in the process. Scrapers won't work. "Without much fuss" is an unobtainable goal. Sorry.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Boiling water seems to work if it is pumped through the nipple hole rapidly.

 

[Archer 756]

Moose Juice !

 

[Acohill1]

Yes, that's normal for Pedersolis. Use an oversized brush that's going to get destroyed in the process. Scrapers won't work. "Without much fuss" is an unobtainable goal. Sorry.

Should I reclean it now or will it be okay till Wednesday? Otherwise the bore is sparkling clean i dont have an oversized brush. ️

 

[Trigger]

I never even looked that far into it.

I use two jugs of water during the season dirty water and then a clean water bath... dawn soap in the first jug and just water in the second.. milk jugs with the top cut off.. I do like to spray windex threw the barrels too.

Windex seems to be the better cleaning nipples than carb cleaner I think...

During the off season or period of non use... oil of choice... before use is not much to run it threw the water jugs clean the oil out.

Been using a good coat of Ballistol.. I run that threw.. but not long term storage.

 

[Britsmoothy]

After cleaning my 12ga made by pedersoli I looked down the barrels with a light and I can see like a "chamber" of sorts in the bottom and it looks like there is fouling building up. I've tried using a 410 a 20ga and all sorts of brushes and stuff to get it to shine back at me lime the rest of the bore but alas I have not been successful. Is this normal for pedersolis? Do u guysbhave a way to easily get that smaller chamber clean without much fuss?

Do you use modern gun oil by any chance?
If so that's your issue.
Use boiling water and it will come out.
I've been shooting Pedersoli shotguns for decades and no issues. Boiling hot water, even lifts the lead out for ya.

 

[Acohill1]

Do you use modern gun oil by any chance?
If so that's your issue.
Use boiling water and it will come out.
I've been shooting Pedersoli shotguns for decades and no issues. Boiling hot water, even lifts the lead out for ya.

Okay I'll try to reclean after my class tonight

 

[wiscoaster]

Should I reclean it now or will it be okay till Wednesday? Otherwise the bore is sparkling clean i dont have an oversized brush. ️

Oh, it'll be fine until you can get around to it. Squirt some Ballistol in there if you're worried about rust.

 

[Trigger]

I don't use any brushes in any muzzloader since I used one.. lol

I put a brush down a tc.. it got stuck bad, there no good.. I've never used one since on anything....

 

[TCMonts]

Use an aproprietly sized mop, anything else is just asking for trouble.

 

[Lorne Johnson]

Okay I'll try to reclean after my class tonight

What Britsmoothy said. I used to use boiling water, but switched to using hot tap water. It seems to work quite as well, and is easier to work with than boiling water.

I pull the nipples, put a kitchen funnel in the barrel and run the hot water through t using the kitchen sink sprayer. Wipe everything down, inside and out, with Ballistol.