The Good, the Bad and the Visible

[rhett45acp]

Hi Folks,

The good, maybe, I think. A $12 camera on a 2 meter lead tells a story.

I have some of these little cameras I use for other projects. I thought I would run one down the bore of my 50 cal.

The good, it is $12 camera and I think the breach end looks pretty good. Please chime in if you think different. Looks like threading material all around the edges of the plug ??

The bad, I do see IMHO some rust. This gun has not been used in 30 years and has been stored. Patches read a clean bore. Looking down the barrel with the eyeball and light it looks good. I don't think it is as clean as I thought.

The Visible, well see the photos. What do you think? Any others here stuffed a cheap cam down their bore to see what to see?

Am I going to shoot it like it is? Absolutely. Just waiting for a break in the tropic weather.

 

[bisleyjohn]

Yes, cheap camera won’t show any hairline cracks but I’m not burning our a barrel with hot unmentionable loads.

just need to see if it’s clean and my cheap camera does that perfectly adequately.

 

[Phil Coffins]

Yep, and it was like this a couple of years ago. Looks the same now.
E3E49713-A60B-4D99-AFD5-B7BA087614C4 by Oliver Sudden, on Flickr

 

[rhett45acp]

There was another thread about rusty barrel here recently. The OP was advised to try Evapo Rust. I picked up some last night. Plugged the breach and filled the barrel. This is what I have after about 10 hours. I cleaned the barrel with a brass brush for a few strokes then just patches. Used Moose Milk to start then straight Ballistol. Dry patches at end.

I think an improvement?

 

[Musketeer]

An improvement indeed. Looks good.

 

[sheriff john]

What's the camera look like ?

 

[rhett45acp]

I hope I answer this correctly. It is a 5.5mm Dual Usb 6LED Android Endoscope Waterproof Inspection Camera


It was $12 from eBay. I use Linux Mint and VLC to just capture video and snap shot.

 

[Stantheman86]

I wouldn't want to see the inside of some of my bores

 

[ML48]

I hope I answer this correctly. It is a 5.5mm Dual Usb 6LED Android Endoscope Waterproof Inspection Camera
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It was $12 from eBay. I use Linux Mint and VLC to just capture video and snap shot.

You got to love Linux....great OS.
I think I have an up and coming date with that article at the VA...and I ain't happy.

 

[Flinty Scot]

That's a dramatic enough improvement for me to find some Evaporust.
I thought I was ridiculously anal about bore cleaning; even have a set of concave drop mirrors for a better look down the bores. My primary rifle looked mirror-bright - until I ran a scope down (& mine doesn't show laterally as well as yours)!
I got out an undersized bronze brush; wrapped it in 0000 steel wool; and went through all the BP cleaners I've accumulated, many patches and about 2 hours, scrubbing and scoping, scrubbing and scoping. Better, but not that clean.

Thanks for the lead.

 

[deermanok]

Evaporust is good stuff.

 

[Don Steele]

Evaporust is good stuff.

It absolutely is good stuff. I've used it several times to remove rust on badly weathered items and it has taken the piece I soaked all the way back to bare metal. Don't be sloppy. It will remove whatever finish is present .