Yes wax the blue you want kept wit heavy furniture or car wax or even clearcoat with lacquer anything that removes rust will remove blue as you suspected!
patch worm.Hello
Wanted to ask a dumb question:
When using scotch brite or 0000 wool
how do you use these without them
getting lost in the barrel?
Rob
If the crown is good and the bore pitting does not tare patches it will shoot as well as it ever did when brand new. I use and promote Gunzilla for any bore cleaning but use it after water cleaning black powder or pyrodex. My rusty and leaded bores are a thing of the past with Gunzilla use. It will de-solve free bore rust and protect it from further corrosion . It has no water or petroleum in it and is bio safe. It's excellent lube, cleaner and protectant but nothing cleans black powder or pyrodex residue like water and a bit of dish soap initially.My shooting pal just showed up in my driveway and gave me a T/C Hawken .45 he'd bought. It is in pretty darn good shape, EXCEPT for the bore. It has rust and from my limited ability to look in, some pitting. I put a back load of patches soaked in Hoppe's and WD40 thru it and it feels fairly smooth.
I know I've got to shoot it and see, but what do you all think of the chances it will shoot well?
Anyone have any good ideas on how to better clean the rust out, or should I just give up and buy a replacement barrel? If so, is there a good place to buy replacement barrels?
I just wanted to say, thanks for the warm welcome to the site, and as always, thanks for the info.
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